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... lord ) a naval officer , was born in the north of England , and at the age of thirteen became a midshipman . After passing through various promotions , in 1766 he was made , post - captain in the Preston , of fifty guns , which he ...
... lord ) a naval officer , was born in the north of England , and at the age of thirteen became a midshipman . After passing through various promotions , in 1766 he was made , post - captain in the Preston , of fifty guns , which he ...
Pagina 11
... lord Monboddo ) to re - enter poetical ; but the subject afforded no sufficient the marriage state , she continued a widow , ground for distinction of character or felicity residing in her house on the Adelphi terrace , of humour . His ...
... lord Monboddo ) to re - enter poetical ; but the subject afforded no sufficient the marriage state , she continued a widow , ground for distinction of character or felicity residing in her house on the Adelphi terrace , of humour . His ...
Pagina 15
... lord chamberlain refused to li- comedy , entitled The Wife of Bath . " In cence for performance a second part of it , en- 1714 his able caricature of Ambrose Philips's titled " Polly . " This resentment however ra- system of pastoral ...
... lord chamberlain refused to li- comedy , entitled The Wife of Bath . " In cence for performance a second part of it , en- 1714 his able caricature of Ambrose Philips's titled " Polly . " This resentment however ra- system of pastoral ...
Pagina 15
... lord lic approbation which followed this concession , Holderness for viscount Barrington and the and other measures of the Rockingham cabinet , earl of Bute , a fact worthy notice as com- could not however preserve it from the fate of ...
... lord lic approbation which followed this concession , Holderness for viscount Barrington and the and other measures of the Rockingham cabinet , earl of Bute , a fact worthy notice as com- could not however preserve it from the fate of ...
Pagina 15
... lord Sheffield , under a heavy domestic calamity . He spent some months with that nobleman ; when his attention was calleu to the progress of a disorder which he had en- dured in silence for three - and - twenty years . This was a ...
... lord Sheffield , under a heavy domestic calamity . He spent some months with that nobleman ; when his attention was calleu to the progress of a disorder which he had en- dured in silence for three - and - twenty years . This was a ...
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Pagina 15 - 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.
Pagina 51 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Pagina 51 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Pagina 51 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Pagina 51 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 15 - Fables," written professedly for the instruction of the duke of Cumberland, and published with a dedication to that prince in 1726 ¡ but though they were popular, they failed to servo him at court. He thereupon wrote
Pagina 51 - His object in this instance was to secure a due attention to the rights of the natives ; and he showed himself equally jealous of those of the British inhabitants, by opposing an attempt to supersede the trial by jury.
Pagina 51 - He composed a general history of England, from the earliest accounts to the death of king Stephen, in 1154, in eight books, which have been published by sir Henry Savilc.
Pagina 51 - I had no sooner spoken these words but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.