The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography ...Wm. S. Orr and Company, 1838 |
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... lord high he had few equals . But though Mr. Jeffrey was chancellor in 1685. His deportment on the bench known at home as the head of the Scottish bar , it was was in the highest degree discreditable at all times , to his literary ...
... lord high he had few equals . But though Mr. Jeffrey was chancellor in 1685. His deportment on the bench known at home as the head of the Scottish bar , it was was in the highest degree discreditable at all times , to his literary ...
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... Lord Henry Petty , afterwards mar - ant fact , that in almost every case where smallpox quis of Lansdown , became chancellor of the exche- had succeeded vaccination , it had not been the same quer , he determined to bring the subject of ...
... Lord Henry Petty , afterwards mar - ant fact , that in almost every case where smallpox quis of Lansdown , became chancellor of the exche- had succeeded vaccination , it had not been the same quer , he determined to bring the subject of ...
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... Lord pointed him out to Mary as one who was to stand in the place of a son and protector to her . Hence he was called emphati- cally " the disciple whom Jesus loved . " The gentle- ness and tenderness which breathe through the writings ...
... Lord pointed him out to Mary as one who was to stand in the place of a son and protector to her . Hence he was called emphati- cally " the disciple whom Jesus loved . " The gentle- ness and tenderness which breathe through the writings ...
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... lord Gower , but did not suc- ceed . " Mr. Johnson published afterwards another poem in Latin , with notes , the ... Lord Chesterfield is thus related : " I had neglected , " said Johnson , " to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley ...
... lord Gower , but did not suc- ceed . " Mr. Johnson published afterwards another poem in Latin , with notes , the ... Lord Chesterfield is thus related : " I had neglected , " said Johnson , " to write it by the time appointed . Dodsley ...
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... Lord Chesterfield , who had in stage at Drury Lane , through the kindness of his the first instance treated Johnson with great con- friend Garrick . Previous to the representation , a tempt , now meanly condescended to court a recon ...
... Lord Chesterfield , who had in stage at Drury Lane , through the kindness of his the first instance treated Johnson with great con- friend Garrick . Previous to the representation , a tempt , now meanly condescended to court a recon ...
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Page 32 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 83 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Page 373 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which Warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings, spreads our sympathies over all classes of society, knits us by new ties with universal being, and, through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold...
Page 32 - 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. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship...
Page 374 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight! Awake...
Page 174 - Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act.
Page 83 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Page 369 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 374 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
Page 38 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...