The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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Pagina 3
... considerable property and influence . At the reduction of Charlestown , Captain Elphinstone com- manded a detachment of seamen on shore ; and his brave and spirited efforts obtained him honourable mention in the official letter of the ...
... considerable property and influence . At the reduction of Charlestown , Captain Elphinstone com- manded a detachment of seamen on shore ; and his brave and spirited efforts obtained him honourable mention in the official letter of the ...
Pagina 25
... considerably to the stock of dramatic pieces , by transla- tions of foreign , and revisions of obsolete plays ; a list of which will be found at the end of this memoir . Released in 1801 from the fatigues of management , Mr. Kemble ...
... considerably to the stock of dramatic pieces , by transla- tions of foreign , and revisions of obsolete plays ; a list of which will be found at the end of this memoir . Released in 1801 from the fatigues of management , Mr. Kemble ...
Pagina 57
... considerable knowledge and skill in practical mechanics , and had extensive employment as a viewer of mines ; being also for some years land - steward to the then Lord Ravensworth . He intended devoting his son to his own profession ...
... considerable knowledge and skill in practical mechanics , and had extensive employment as a viewer of mines ; being also for some years land - steward to the then Lord Ravensworth . He intended devoting his son to his own profession ...
Pagina 58
... considerable sacrifice to the sincerity of this disposition , by destroying all the ballads , and little " Border " legends and stories , of which he had amassed a great number , by the entire sacrifice of the money from time to time ...
... considerable sacrifice to the sincerity of this disposition , by destroying all the ballads , and little " Border " legends and stories , of which he had amassed a great number , by the entire sacrifice of the money from time to time ...
Pagina 64
... considerable acquirements , to become a candidate for the situation . His natural diffidence , which was at all times as remarkable as his talents , caused him at first to shrink from all desire to obtain a professorial chair , which ...
... considerable acquirements , to become a candidate for the situation . His natural diffidence , which was at all times as remarkable as his talents , caused him at first to shrink from all desire to obtain a professorial chair , which ...
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Pagina 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Pagina 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Pagina 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Pagina 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Pagina 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Pagina 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Pagina 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Pagina 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Pagina 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Pagina 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.