Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late John Coakley Lettsom ...: With a Selection from His Correspondence, Band 1Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1817 |
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... extended much beyond the original design of the Editor . The Editor conceived the idea , in the first in- stance , of accompanying the Correspondence with short Biographical Sketches of the Cor- respondents . He is already in possession ...
... extended much beyond the original design of the Editor . The Editor conceived the idea , in the first in- stance , of accompanying the Correspondence with short Biographical Sketches of the Cor- respondents . He is already in possession ...
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... extended ; for- " No power of words , No graceful periods of harmonious speech Dwell on my lips the only art I boast : Is honest truth , unpolish'd , unadorn ' d , — Truth that must strike conviction to your heart ! " MURPHY'S ZENOBIA ...
... extended ; for- " No power of words , No graceful periods of harmonious speech Dwell on my lips the only art I boast : Is honest truth , unpolish'd , unadorn ' d , — Truth that must strike conviction to your heart ! " MURPHY'S ZENOBIA ...
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... extend such a degree of relief as should prevent abject want . When Lettsom de- parted from Settle , his master gave him a letter to Dr. Fothergill , which he imagined to be introduc- tory to his acquaintance . He had another from his ...
... extend such a degree of relief as should prevent abject want . When Lettsom de- parted from Settle , his master gave him a letter to Dr. Fothergill , which he imagined to be introduc- tory to his acquaintance . He had another from his ...
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... extended scale . His liberality , however , laid him open , on many occasions , to the impositions of hypocritical knaves , whose deep and dark designs he was un- fortunately far from suspecting . In this year he was chosen a Fellow of ...
... extended scale . His liberality , however , laid him open , on many occasions , to the impositions of hypocritical knaves , whose deep and dark designs he was un- fortunately far from suspecting . In this year he was chosen a Fellow of ...
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... extended to them . Such considerations could not fail of influ- encing the benevolent spirit of Dr. Lettsom , whose activity was unceasingly exerted to promote so land- able a design . In 1773 , he was elected one of the Physicians of ...
... extended to them . Such considerations could not fail of influ- encing the benevolent spirit of Dr. Lettsom , whose activity was unceasingly exerted to promote so land- able a design . In 1773 , he was elected one of the Physicians of ...
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Seite 71 - Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die...
Seite 114 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide ? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 67 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
Seite 54 - A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him. Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright; for as he is, so shall his neighbour (that is, his friend) be also.
Seite 172 - If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavours and success in doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.
Seite 102 - 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.
Seite 37 - s his patient ? At the ball. The doctor stares ; her woman curtsies low, And cries, " My lady, sir, is always so : Diversions put her maladies to flight : True, she can't stand, but she can dance all night...
Seite 156 - Theosophically he describes it, by showing that " true Religion Is always mild, propitious and humble; Plays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood, Nor bears destruction on her chariot wheels; But stoops to polish, succour and redress, And builds her grandeur on the public good.
Seite 150 - When the doctor visited him, the gentleman said to him, pointing to his garden, ' Those trees I planted, and have lived to see some of them too old to bear fruit. They are part of my family ; and my children, still dearer to me, must quit this residence, which was the delight of my youth, and the hope of my old age.
Seite 23 - Doctor instantly spun round on his artificial heel, and hastily demanded, who was the person that spit in his face ? Sometimes he would order some of the patients, on his visiting days, to precede him with brooms to clear the way, and prevent the patients from too nearly approaching him.