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Pagina 15
... obtained him lege , Cambridge on the royal foundation , and considerable reputation . Charles I sent for in 1772 obtained a Craven scholarship . En - him to court , took him into his household in tering himself of Lincoln's inn , he ...
... obtained him lege , Cambridge on the royal foundation , and considerable reputation . Charles I sent for in 1772 obtained a Craven scholarship . En - him to court , took him into his household in tering himself of Lincoln's inn , he ...
Pagina 17
... obtained a seat in the East- remained there some time , but upon the regent's India direction . He was also a member of the death he returned to France , where he lived House of Commons , where his opinion on Indian unmolested . His ...
... obtained a seat in the East- remained there some time , but upon the regent's India direction . He was also a member of the death he returned to France , where he lived House of Commons , where his opinion on Indian unmolested . His ...
Pagina 17
... obtained the management of the New River Company . Some time before his death he changed his religion , and became a ... obtained distinction as a poet and novelist . He was born at Mickleton in Gloucestershire in 1715 , and at the age ...
... obtained the management of the New River Company . Some time before his death he changed his religion , and became a ... obtained distinction as a poet and novelist . He was born at Mickleton in Gloucestershire in 1715 , and at the age ...
Pagina 17
... obtained for him in 1744 him major - general , and he distinguished him- the rectory of Borough Green near Newmar - self on many occasions . In December 1780 ket , and his reputation as a theologian raised he succeeded Gates in the ...
... obtained for him in 1744 him major - general , and he distinguished him- the rectory of Borough Green near Newmar - self on many occasions . In December 1780 ket , and his reputation as a theologian raised he succeeded Gates in the ...
Pagina 17
... obtained by these court , where he soon rose high in the favour productions , induced him to quit the society of Elizabeth , as well by his literary talents as in his twenty - sixth year , and settle in Paris . by his skill in knightly ...
... obtained by these court , where he soon rose high in the favour productions , induced him to quit the society of Elizabeth , as well by his literary talents as in his twenty - sixth year , and settle in Paris . by his skill in knightly ...
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Populaire passages
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.