A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, 第 6 巻A. Fullarton, 1853 |
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... thing libidinous or cruel , ( for the permission to offer up beasts in sacrifice is no more objectionable than that of their slaughter for human food , and both are positively humane , ) the refusal in the midst of a general ...
... thing libidinous or cruel , ( for the permission to offer up beasts in sacrifice is no more objectionable than that of their slaughter for human food , and both are positively humane , ) the refusal in the midst of a general ...
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... thing to his dishonour . He was a lover of truth , and so would not relate what he knew or but suspected to be false . He had great sense , improved by the study of philosophy , and so would not suffer himself to be deceived : 1 Richard ...
... thing to his dishonour . He was a lover of truth , and so would not relate what he knew or but suspected to be false . He had great sense , improved by the study of philosophy , and so would not suffer himself to be deceived : 1 Richard ...
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... Things , ' published in 1764. Such was Mr Orton's ill state of health , together with his attention to the duties of his profession , that it was not till 1766 that he was enabled to give to the world his Memoirs of the Life , Character ...
... Things , ' published in 1764. Such was Mr Orton's ill state of health , together with his attention to the duties of his profession , that it was not till 1766 that he was enabled to give to the world his Memoirs of the Life , Character ...
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... things . There was nothing in his elevation to his bishopric which he spoke of with more pleasure , than its being a proof that decent free- dom of inquiry was not discouraged . He was a man of great softness of manners , and of the ...
... things . There was nothing in his elevation to his bishopric which he spoke of with more pleasure , than its being a proof that decent free- dom of inquiry was not discouraged . He was a man of great softness of manners , and of the ...
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... thing . They had paid him for the first half - year three pounds twelve shillings and fivepence ; they had increased since , but not enough to maintain him frugally ; there was no prospect of so poor a people supplying him long ...
... thing . They had paid him for the first half - year three pounds twelve shillings and fivepence ; they had increased since , but not enough to maintain him frugally ; there was no prospect of so poor a people supplying him long ...
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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.