Historical and Literary Celebrities: Being Biographical Sketches Selected from Chambers's Papers for the PeopleWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1859 - 576 էջ |
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... considerable , consisting of a house in Ajaccio , and a small estate on the shore of the island , where a dilapidated villa served as a summer residence . As is usual in southern climates , he married at the early age of nineteen , and ...
... considerable , consisting of a house in Ajaccio , and a small estate on the shore of the island , where a dilapidated villa served as a summer residence . As is usual in southern climates , he married at the early age of nineteen , and ...
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... wretch , and her reputation becoming endangered by the crowd of admirers she encou- raged , her brother hastened her marriage with young Leclerc , an officer of humble origin , but of considerable promise , whom he 17 THE BONAPARTE FAMILY .
... wretch , and her reputation becoming endangered by the crowd of admirers she encou- raged , her brother hastened her marriage with young Leclerc , an officer of humble origin , but of considerable promise , whom he 17 THE BONAPARTE FAMILY .
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... considerable promise , whom he immediately elevated to the rank of general . Pauline was by no means inclined to this union , and in fact , when her husband was appointed in 1801 to head the expedition to St Domingo , she refused to ...
... considerable promise , whom he immediately elevated to the rank of general . Pauline was by no means inclined to this union , and in fact , when her husband was appointed in 1801 to head the expedition to St Domingo , she refused to ...
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... considerable share of the territories he had assigned him , and administered to him severe lectures on the dissolute courses which he pursued . He often reviled him in opprobrious language , and harshly upbraided him with his total want ...
... considerable share of the territories he had assigned him , and administered to him severe lectures on the dissolute courses which he pursued . He often reviled him in opprobrious language , and harshly upbraided him with his total want ...
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... considerable activity of mind , and stirred by a restless ambition , his first endeavours were to invest his name with such a degree of lustre as literary efforts might suffice to win . Thus he composed in Switzerland an essay on that ...
... considerable activity of mind , and stirred by a restless ambition , his first endeavours were to invest his name with such a degree of lustre as literary efforts might suffice to win . Thus he composed in Switzerland an essay on that ...
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Էջ 22 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Էջ 31 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Էջ 5 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Էջ 14 - English compositions (at least for the last three years of our school education), he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre; Muse, Muses, and inspirations ; Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene were all an abomination to him.
Էջ 9 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Էջ 17 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!
Էջ 26 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Էջ 23 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Էջ 21 - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
Էջ 26 - How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use, As though to breathe were life.