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... March 1869 moved to their own grounds at Lillie Bridge . He rowed in the university race at Putney in 1862 and 1863 ... March 1883 , aged only 39. He was buried in Bromp- ton Cemetery on 8 March . Chambers's per- sonal popularity was ...
... March 1869 moved to their own grounds at Lillie Bridge . He rowed in the university race at Putney in 1862 and 1863 ... March 1883 , aged only 39. He was buried in Bromp- ton Cemetery on 8 March . Chambers's per- sonal popularity was ...
Pagina 25
... March 1871 , and was buried in the old church of St. Regulus there . Chambers was of a fairish type , with brown hair , which early became tinged with grey ; he was strongly made , though some- what under middle size . His opinions in ...
... March 1871 , and was buried in the old church of St. Regulus there . Chambers was of a fairish type , with brown hair , which early became tinged with grey ; he was strongly made , though some- what under middle size . His opinions in ...
Pagina 54
... March 1857 in the administration which was formed by ( Sir ) John O'Shanassy [ q . v . ] on the fall of the ministry of William Clark Haines . But the O'Shanassy cabinet , of which he was a member , only held office until 29 April in ...
... March 1857 in the administration which was formed by ( Sir ) John O'Shanassy [ q . v . ] on the fall of the ministry of William Clark Haines . But the O'Shanassy cabinet , of which he was a member , only held office until 29 April in ...
Pagina 57
... March 1805. He served in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807 , and was ordered to join the army in Portugal at the same time as Sir Arthur Wellesley , in March 1809. He soon rose high in the estimation of Wellesley and of the ...
... March 1805. He served in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807 , and was ordered to join the army in Portugal at the same time as Sir Arthur Wellesley , in March 1809. He soon rose high in the estimation of Wellesley and of the ...
Pagina 85
... March . Here he was appointed to the nominal command of the troop of lifeguards formed of northern noblemen and gentlemen who had offered their services to the king . At Edgehill , he and his brother James , duke of York , nar- rowly ...
... March . Here he was appointed to the nominal command of the troop of lifeguards formed of northern noblemen and gentlemen who had offered their services to the king . At Edgehill , he and his brother James , duke of York , nar- rowly ...
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Pagina 357 - In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet.
Pagina 74 - ... good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Pagina 47 - The whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greeke, by George Chapman.
Pagina 417 - The Shakespeare Key: unlocking the treasures of his style, elucidating the peculiarities of his construction, and displaying the beauties of his expression; forming a companion to " The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare.
Pagina 142 - Paint me an angel, with wings and a trumpet, to trumpet my name over the world.
Pagina 81 - that the capital and grand author of our troubles, the person of the king, by whose commissions, commands, or procurement, and in whose behalf and for whose interest only, of will and power, all our wars and troubles have been, with all the miseries attending them, may be speedily brought to justice for the treason, blood, and mischief he is therein guilty of.
Pagina 340 - Divi Britannici : being a remark upon the lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the World 2855, unto the year of Grace 1660.
Pagina 421 - The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus, brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum.
Pagina 48 - I am here, my most honoured Lord, unexamined and unheard, committed to a vile prison, and with me a gentleman, (whose name, may, perhaps, have come to your Lordship) one Mr. George Chapman, a learned and honest man.
Pagina 145 - I take this method to acquaint you that I can procure copies of several ancient poems, and an interlude, perhaps the oldest dramatic piece extant, wrote by one Rowley, a priest of Bristol, who lived in the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV.