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 xv
... lived a signal life of two- and - forty years with this monarch . Edward's sorrow for her loss was violent , and his respect for her memory exemplary : on her death- bed she had requested , that where she was interred he would also ...
... lived a signal life of two- and - forty years with this monarch . Edward's sorrow for her loss was violent , and his respect for her memory exemplary : on her death- bed she had requested , that where she was interred he would also ...
Pagina xviii
... lived and died in becoming seclusion . Close to her ashes are those of another , Anne , the daughter of the great Earl of Warwick , and wife of Richard the III . , who poi- soned her , to gain the hand of his own niece Elizabeth ...
... lived and died in becoming seclusion . Close to her ashes are those of another , Anne , the daughter of the great Earl of Warwick , and wife of Richard the III . , who poi- soned her , to gain the hand of his own niece Elizabeth ...
Pagina 17
... lived darling son to mourn ; The last was he whose thunder slew The Titan race , a rebel crew , That from a hundred hills , allied In impious leagues , their king defied . This wonder of the sculptor's hand Produced , his art was at a ...
... lived darling son to mourn ; The last was he whose thunder slew The Titan race , a rebel crew , That from a hundred hills , allied In impious leagues , their king defied . This wonder of the sculptor's hand Produced , his art was at a ...
Pagina 22
... lived . Now it is hard to conceive how a man , sensibly religious , could thus abandon justice , to hang upon chances ; and it is impossible to give him the praise of Christian charity who lived at warm enmity with his oldest friends ...
... lived . Now it is hard to conceive how a man , sensibly religious , could thus abandon justice , to hang upon chances ; and it is impossible to give him the praise of Christian charity who lived at warm enmity with his oldest friends ...
Pagina 34
... lived during the period of his greatest prosperity with the same honest manner , and unassuming ease , by which he was originally enabled to advance both his fame and his fortune . This moderation , which should only have added fresh ...
... lived during the period of his greatest prosperity with the same honest manner , and unassuming ease , by which he was originally enabled to advance both his fame and his fortune . This moderation , which should only have added fresh ...
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The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of ..., Volumul 1 George Lewis Smyth Vizualizare completă - 1839 |
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admiration afterwards amongst appeared appointed Argyle became Betterton Buckingham Cathedral celebrated chapel character Charles Charles II church circumstances comedy command composition consequence court crown death Dryden Duke Earl Edward the Confessor eminent enemy England English equal fame father favour force fortune French gave genius Henry honour House Hudibras interest John John of Gaunt King labours lady Latin latter lived London Lord Lord Chamberlain Lord Cornwallis Lord North memory ment merit monument nature never obtained occasion Parliament party passion Paul's performance period Pitt poem poet political popular possessed praise present Prince principles profession Queen racter rank received reign remains reputation Royal Sir Eyre Coote soon spirit style success talents theatre thou tion took place University of Oxford victory virtue Westminster Abbey Westminster School William Davenant
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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.