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 xix
... parties , and their feats in this particular warfare . The monu- ment itself must have originally been highly sumptuous ; it was evi- dently richly gilt , as well as finely painted , and inlaid with varieties of stained glass . The ...
... parties , and their feats in this particular warfare . The monu- ment itself must have originally been highly sumptuous ; it was evi- dently richly gilt , as well as finely painted , and inlaid with varieties of stained glass . The ...
Pagina 3
... party , and for the success of governing , what he would scorn to aid in do- mestic life ; -such reputations are as universal as unsullied . When to these unusual qualities it is superadded , that they were both ever as ready to throw ...
... party , and for the success of governing , what he would scorn to aid in do- mestic life ; -such reputations are as universal as unsullied . When to these unusual qualities it is superadded , that they were both ever as ready to throw ...
Pagina 5
... party at the head of an open re- bellion . That Sir Ralph Abercrombie did not retain his com- mand in Ireland long , is one of those passages of his life , in which the integrity of his principles runs parallel in its claim AND ...
... party at the head of an open re- bellion . That Sir Ralph Abercrombie did not retain his com- mand in Ireland long , is one of those passages of his life , in which the integrity of his principles runs parallel in its claim AND ...
Pagina 6
... party of the people , and that the least numerous by far , exclusively possessed of every title of honour ... parties . The straight path , however , was not the one which the political administration of that period thought it ...
... party of the people , and that the least numerous by far , exclusively possessed of every title of honour ... parties . The straight path , however , was not the one which the political administration of that period thought it ...
Pagina 14
... party were then out of power , and the pension granted under them had ceased ; -circumstances which , though they left him without any immediate prospect of advancing his fortune , gave him full leisure , which he does not seem to have ...
... party were then out of power , and the pension granted under them had ceased ; -circumstances which , though they left him without any immediate prospect of advancing his fortune , gave him full leisure , which he does not seem to have ...
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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.