The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches : Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, Volumul 1John Williams, 1826 |
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Pagina 14
... father , Dr. Launcelot Addison , was rector . Addison , the father , enjoyed other preferments in the church ; he was one of the chaplains to Charles II . a pre- bendary in Salisbury Cathedral , and dean of Litchfield as an au- thor ...
... father , Dr. Launcelot Addison , was rector . Addison , the father , enjoyed other preferments in the church ; he was one of the chaplains to Charles II . a pre- bendary in Salisbury Cathedral , and dean of Litchfield as an au- thor ...
Pagina 23
... and continued the blows until he fell exhausted with pain and weakness . After administering this summary punish- ment , his own liberty was even more precarious than his father's had just been . He therefore hurried on board the 23 ...
... and continued the blows until he fell exhausted with pain and weakness . After administering this summary punish- ment , his own liberty was even more precarious than his father's had just been . He therefore hurried on board the 23 ...
Pagina 34
... father and son were buried in a vault un- der the North aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel , the descent to which is marked by a closet , containing an effigy of the general in armour . At his death his means were very affluent ; he had a ...
... father and son were buried in a vault un- der the North aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel , the descent to which is marked by a closet , containing an effigy of the general in armour . At his death his means were very affluent ; he had a ...
Pagina 36
... subject of this sketch a care - worn life , and one of the most afflicting of deaths . Her father died while she was yet an infant , and she became , by con- sequence , a more easy victim to the controul of 36 THE LADY ARABELLA. ...
... subject of this sketch a care - worn life , and one of the most afflicting of deaths . Her father died while she was yet an infant , and she became , by con- sequence , a more easy victim to the controul of 36 THE LADY ARABELLA. ...
Pagina 51
... father , and a considerate friend , he lived on happily , until an attack of paralysis put a period to his existence in the year 1743. He was twice married : his first wife was the exquisite beauty , daughter of Lord Ballenden , who was ...
... father , and a considerate friend , he lived on happily , until an attack of paralysis put a period to his existence in the year 1743. He was twice married : his first wife was the exquisite beauty , daughter of Lord Ballenden , who was ...
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Pagina 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Pagina 244 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Pagina 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Pagina 385 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door .Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when...
Pagina 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Pagina 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Pagina 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Pagina 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
Pagina 228 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Pagina 169 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.