Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volumul 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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Pagina 12
... persons to whom it may be interesting to be informed , that the Countess Guic- cioli , whose changeless affection soothed the closing years of the author of the above beautiful lines , and whose name will descend to posterity con ...
... persons to whom it may be interesting to be informed , that the Countess Guic- cioli , whose changeless affection soothed the closing years of the author of the above beautiful lines , and whose name will descend to posterity con ...
Pagina 17
... person who had brought yellow starched ruffs into vogue , she should be hanged in that dress , that the same might end in shame and detestation . " It is remarkable that the hangman who executed this wretched woman appeared deco- rated ...
... person who had brought yellow starched ruffs into vogue , she should be hanged in that dress , that the same might end in shame and detestation . " It is remarkable that the hangman who executed this wretched woman appeared deco- rated ...
Pagina 21
... persons , however , whom he en- trusted with the payment , are said to have appro- priated the money to their own use . † Soho Square , which we readily reach by way of Prince's Street and Wardour Street , was com- menced in the reign ...
... persons , however , whom he en- trusted with the payment , are said to have appro- priated the money to their own use . † Soho Square , which we readily reach by way of Prince's Street and Wardour Street , was com- menced in the reign ...
Pagina 25
... persons . The club continued to be held at the Turk's Head till 1783 , when their landlord died , and the house was shortly afterwards shut up . They then removed to " Prince's " in Sackville Street , and subsequently to " Baxter's ...
... persons . The club continued to be held at the Turk's Head till 1783 , when their landlord died , and the house was shortly afterwards shut up . They then removed to " Prince's " in Sackville Street , and subsequently to " Baxter's ...
Pagina 27
... persons , " we are told , " of the highest rank and fashion assembled on this occasion to admire the splendid structure , which contained fourteen rooms , exclusive of the Rotunda . " Boswell mentions his visiting it with Dr. Johnson ...
... persons , " we are told , " of the highest rank and fashion assembled on this occasion to admire the splendid structure , which contained fourteen rooms , exclusive of the Rotunda . " Boswell mentions his visiting it with Dr. Johnson ...
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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.