The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval & Military Heroes, Poets, Statesmen [etc.]J.Williams, 1826 - 959 Seiten |
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... ranks , and rush fore- most on the dangers of victory , as they were prompt to design the plans , and happy in ... rank of Major - general . A busier theatre of hostilities was next opened to his ambition , and as the character ...
... ranks , and rush fore- most on the dangers of victory , as they were prompt to design the plans , and happy in ... rank of Major - general . A busier theatre of hostilities was next opened to his ambition , and as the character ...
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... rank . As for the third object , it was flattering in pre- sumption , and important in effect , as either of the others ; for , after the possession of Egypt , it was proposed to invade Asia , and oppose the trade , if not subdue the ...
... rank . As for the third object , it was flattering in pre- sumption , and important in effect , as either of the others ; for , after the possession of Egypt , it was proposed to invade Asia , and oppose the trade , if not subdue the ...
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... rank of a sub - director , and received a medal from the King as a mark of the approbation which his services on the occasion , and the magnificent success of the performance , deserved . Thus too , when in 1789 the subscribers to the ...
... rank of a sub - director , and received a medal from the King as a mark of the approbation which his services on the occasion , and the magnificent success of the performance , deserved . Thus too , when in 1789 the subscribers to the ...
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... rank of Atterbury in the year 1714 , when the death of Anne not only put a period to all further prospects of ambition , but in its consequences unhinged the prosperity he had hitherto deserved . The new monarch was no sooner seated on ...
... rank of Atterbury in the year 1714 , when the death of Anne not only put a period to all further prospects of ambition , but in its consequences unhinged the prosperity he had hitherto deserved . The new monarch was no sooner seated on ...
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... rank of his day . His address was commanding , his management dextrous , and his duplicity fine ; he always professed nobly , but occasionally designed badly , and by consequence his reputation often exceeded his merits . With regard to ...
... rank of his day . His address was commanding , his management dextrous , and his duplicity fine ; he always professed nobly , but occasionally designed badly , and by consequence his reputation often exceeded his merits . With regard to ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Seite 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Seite 385 - A Hymn to God the Father WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which is my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Seite 244 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord* frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Seite 385 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Seite 623 - My Lord, I have been lately informed, by the proprietor of The World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship.
Seite 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Seite 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Seite 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
Seite 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.