Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Aa to HerJ.B. Lippincott, 1901 - 2550 էջ |
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... says , " Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around , And NIAGARA stuns with thund'ring sound . " ↑ The Traveller . But this is to be explained simply by the fact that he had no means of learning the true pronunciation , and therefore ...
... says , " Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around , And NIAGARA stuns with thund'ring sound . " ↑ The Traveller . But this is to be explained simply by the fact that he had no means of learning the true pronunciation , and therefore ...
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... says the " London Spectator " of Feb. 8 , 1868 , " has ever had to fill a posi tion , not merely so delicate and difficult , but so trying to the equanimity of him who held it through the rapid and extreme changes of fortune in the ...
... says the " London Spectator " of Feb. 8 , 1868 , " has ever had to fill a posi tion , not merely so delicate and difficult , but so trying to the equanimity of him who held it through the rapid and extreme changes of fortune in the ...
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... says was " the most noted event of Mr. Adams's administration , " gave great offence to many of his own party , although the result , by averting a war with France , was probably advantageous to the country . His unpop ularity was ...
... says was " the most noted event of Mr. Adams's administration , " gave great offence to many of his own party , although the result , by averting a war with France , was probably advantageous to the country . His unpop ularity was ...
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... says Seward , " he was a model legislator . " He usually acted with the Whigs , but kept himself free from the trammels of party . His most memorable service in Con- gress was his defence of the right of petition , and his inflexible ...
... says Seward , " he was a model legislator . " He usually acted with the Whigs , but kept himself free from the trammels of party . His most memorable service in Con- gress was his defence of the right of petition , and his inflexible ...
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... says Brougham , " for his ex- tensive learning and unrivalled power of subtle reason- ing . " In 1795 he published " Illustrations of Hume's Es say concerning Liberty and Necessity . " He contributed Review , " and published , besides ...
... says Brougham , " for his ex- tensive learning and unrivalled power of subtle reason- ing . " In 1795 he published " Illustrations of Hume's Es say concerning Liberty and Necessity . " He contributed Review , " and published , besides ...
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Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Հատոր 1 Joseph Thomas Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1892 |
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Էջ 249 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Էջ 48 - The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of america i am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival it ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to god almighty it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade with shows games sports guns bells bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward for evermore.
Էջ 53 - The still higher faculty of invention Addison possessed in still larger measure. The numerous fictions, generally original, often wild and grotesque, but always singularly graceful and happy, which are found in his essays, fully entitle him to the rank of a great poet, a rank to which his metrical compositions give him no claim. As an observer of life, of manners, of all the shades of human character, he stands in the first class. And what he observed he had the art of communicating in two widely...
Էջ 250 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Էջ 249 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Էջ 106 - I do not think I have ever been more completely captivated on a first acquaintance. He was of a light and graceful form, with large blue eyes, and black silken hair, waving and curling round a pale expressive countenance. Everything about him bespoke the man of intellect and refinement. His conversation was copious, animated, and highly graphic ; warmed by a genial sensibility and benevolence, and enlivened at times by a chaste and gentle humor.
Էջ 53 - No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous; and that power Addison possessed in boundless measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and by Voltaire is well known.
Էջ 161 - I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them. He was the most universal genius, being an excellent physician, a man of deep learning, and a man of much humour. Mr. Addison was, to be sure, a great man; his learning was not profound, but his morality, his humour, and his elegance of writing set him very high.
Էջ 241 - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" — a volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet-note — now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.— Quarterly Review.