A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, 第 6 巻A. Fullarton, 1853 |
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... BORN A. D. 1698. - DIED A. D. 1772 . THE subject of this article was the eldest surviving son of the rever- end Mark Hildesley , rector of Houghton with Witton , All - Saints , in the county of Huntingdon . He was born on the 9th of ...
... BORN A. D. 1698. - DIED A. D. 1772 . THE subject of this article was the eldest surviving son of the rever- end Mark Hildesley , rector of Houghton with Witton , All - Saints , in the county of Huntingdon . He was born on the 9th of ...
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... BORN A. D. 1710. - DIED A. D. 1773 . THIS Roman Catholic divine was the second son of Simon Butler , Esq . of Appletree , in the county of Northampton . He was born in 1710 , and commenced his education at a school in Lancashire ...
... BORN A. D. 1710. - DIED A. D. 1773 . THIS Roman Catholic divine was the second son of Simon Butler , Esq . of Appletree , in the county of Northampton . He was born in 1710 , and commenced his education at a school in Lancashire ...
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... BORN A. D. 1716. - DIED A. D. 1778 . SAMUEL OGDEN was born at Manchester in 1716 , and educated at the free - school of his native place . In 1733 he was admitted of King's college , Cambridge . He graduated as B. A. at St John's in ...
... BORN A. D. 1716. - DIED A. D. 1778 . SAMUEL OGDEN was born at Manchester in 1716 , and educated at the free - school of his native place . In 1733 he was admitted of King's college , Cambridge . He graduated as B. A. at St John's in ...
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George Godfrey Cunningham. first volume appeared in 1788 , and the last in 1791 ... ad- dress to the descendants of that eminently pious and worthy divine ... BORN A. D. 1718. - DIED A. D. 1783 . BENJAMIN KENNICOTT was born at Totness ...
George Godfrey Cunningham. first volume appeared in 1788 , and the last in 1791 ... ad- dress to the descendants of that eminently pious and worthy divine ... BORN A. D. 1718. - DIED A. D. 1783 . BENJAMIN KENNICOTT was born at Totness ...
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... BORN A. D. 1710. - DIED A. D. 1787 . ROBERT LOWTH , second son of Dr William Lowth , bishop succes- sively of St David's , Oxford , and London , was born on the 29th of November , 1710 , at Buriton in Hants . He received the rudiments ...
... BORN A. D. 1710. - DIED A. D. 1787 . ROBERT LOWTH , second son of Dr William Lowth , bishop succes- sively of St David's , Oxford , and London , was born on the 29th of November , 1710 , at Buriton in Hants . He received the rudiments ...
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54 ページ - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
82 ページ - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
219 ページ - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
464 ページ - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
220 ページ - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
100 ページ - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
454 ページ - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
232 ページ - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this time to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side 'of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.
227 ページ - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
236 ページ - The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.