Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volumul 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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Pagina 14
... honour ! Her name is celebrated by Antony Wood , Ballard , Vertue , and Horace Wal- pole , but it is Dryden who has immortalized her beauty , her genius , and her worth : - Art she had none , yet wanted none ; For nature did that want ...
... honour ! Her name is celebrated by Antony Wood , Ballard , Vertue , and Horace Wal- pole , but it is Dryden who has immortalized her beauty , her genius , and her worth : - Art she had none , yet wanted none ; For nature did that want ...
Pagina 21
... called King's Square . " The Duke of Monmouth , " says Pennant , " lived in the centre house facing the statue . Originally , the square * " Athenæ Oxonienses . " + Fuller's " Worthies . " was called , in honour of him , Monmouth Square.
... called King's Square . " The Duke of Monmouth , " says Pennant , " lived in the centre house facing the statue . Originally , the square * " Athenæ Oxonienses . " + Fuller's " Worthies . " was called , in honour of him , Monmouth Square.
Pagina 22
John Heneage Jesse. was called , in honour of him , Monmouth Square ; and afterwards changed to that of King's Square . I have a tradition , that , on his death the admirers of that unfortunate man changed it to Soho , being the word of ...
John Heneage Jesse. was called , in honour of him , Monmouth Square ; and afterwards changed to that of King's Square . I have a tradition , that , on his death the admirers of that unfortunate man changed it to Soho , being the word of ...
Pagina 40
... honour was by the fire - side , and in summer his chair was removed to the corner of the balcony on the first floor , overlooking the street . This was in the days when men of fashion were somewhat better informed than they are in our ...
... honour was by the fire - side , and in summer his chair was removed to the corner of the balcony on the first floor , overlooking the street . This was in the days when men of fashion were somewhat better informed than they are in our ...
Pagina 49
... honour to visit him . Finding his body extremely weakened , and his spirits miserably shattered , he commanded him , as soon as he should be able to take a journey , to go to the south of France , believing that the air of Montpelier ...
... honour to visit him . Finding his body extremely weakened , and his spirits miserably shattered , he commanded him , as soon as he should be able to take a journey , to go to the south of France , believing that the air of Montpelier ...
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Pagina 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Pagina 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Pagina 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Pagina 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Pagina 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Pagina 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Pagina 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Pagina 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Pagina 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Pagina 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.