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Pagina 11
... daughter as witty as him- seif . She asked him one day , whether he ever spoke to the vizier about his necessities . Yes , " he answered ; " but he takes no Dotice of my discourse . " - " But , " said she , why do you not make him ...
... daughter as witty as him- seif . She asked him one day , whether he ever spoke to the vizier about his necessities . Yes , " he answered ; " but he takes no Dotice of my discourse . " - " But , " said she , why do you not make him ...
Pagina 86
... daughter of Lord Hardwicke , who died before him , without issue . Lord Anson was much addicted to play , and as he knew little of the art , a witty person once ob- served , that " though he had been round the world , he was never in it ...
... daughter of Lord Hardwicke , who died before him , without issue . Lord Anson was much addicted to play , and as he knew little of the art , a witty person once ob- served , that " though he had been round the world , he was never in it ...
Pagina 94
... daughter of Charles Stuart , earl of Lenox , the younger brother of Henry Lord Darnley , father to James VI . king of Scotland , by Elizabeth , daugh- ter of Sir William Cavendish . She was born in 1577 , at Hampstead , and received a ...
... daughter of Charles Stuart , earl of Lenox , the younger brother of Henry Lord Darnley , father to James VI . king of Scotland , by Elizabeth , daugh- ter of Sir William Cavendish . She was born in 1577 , at Hampstead , and received a ...
Pagina 114
... daughter of a merchant at Newcastle , where she was born in 1668. From her uncle , a clergyman , she learnt Latin and French , mathematics and philosophy . At the age of twenty she settled near London , where she devoted herself to a ...
... daughter of a merchant at Newcastle , where she was born in 1668. From her uncle , a clergyman , she learnt Latin and French , mathematics and philosophy . At the age of twenty she settled near London , where she devoted herself to a ...
Pagina 132
... daughters ; and by his second two sons , Anthony and Francis . — Biog . Brit . BACON ( Anne ) , the second wife of the above , was the daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , tutor to Edward VI . and born about 1528. She was educated in the ...
... daughters ; and by his second two sons , Anthony and Francis . — Biog . Brit . BACON ( Anne ) , the second wife of the above , was the daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke , tutor to Edward VI . and born about 1528. She was educated in the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 19 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pagina 299 - A Review of the History of the Man after God's own Heart;" irt which the falsehoods and misrepresentations of the historian are exposed and corrected.
Pagina 313 - I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I will not be dictated to by a subject ; your man shan't stand. " ANNE, DORSET, PEMBRoKE,
Pagina 63 - I take my subjects money when I want it, without all this formality in parliament ? The bishop of Durham readily answered, God forbid, Sir, but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : whereupon the king turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, well, my lord, what say you ? Sir, replied the bishop, I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Pagina 316 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause, when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Pagina 309 - Oriel college, Oxford, where he took his degree of master of arts in 1755 ;. and the same year was made bachelor and doctor in medicine.
Pagina 158 - I am sorry for it too," replied the gallant Benbow, " but I had rather have lost them both than have seen this dishonour brought upon the English nation. But, do you hear ? If another shot should take me off, behave like brave men, and fight it out.
Pagina 265 - He made several voyages with his father, (who had obtained from Henry VIII. letters patent, empowering him and his three sons to discover unknown lands and conquer them.) and they on one occasion discovered Newfoundland, and on another saw the mainland of America, being the first Europeans who had done so. He was among the first to notice the variations of the needle.
Pagina 220 - He was a Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of the Astronomical Society of London.
Pagina 170 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 '[ Fothergill, John].