Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Band 81806 |
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... hand . He was as much wooed for his lovely charge as ever were the guardians of any fair lady in ro- mance : and she rejected as many sighing swains , gallant squires , gay baronets , and stately lords , as would have filled the train ...
... hand . He was as much wooed for his lovely charge as ever were the guardians of any fair lady in ro- mance : and she rejected as many sighing swains , gallant squires , gay baronets , and stately lords , as would have filled the train ...
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... hand on Mr. Damer , the brother of Lord Milton . With this Gentleman she lived for some years , until a melancholy death deprived her of her hus- band in the bloom of life . Mrs. Damer was long the interesting object of anxiety ...
... hand on Mr. Damer , the brother of Lord Milton . With this Gentleman she lived for some years , until a melancholy death deprived her of her hus- band in the bloom of life . Mrs. Damer was long the interesting object of anxiety ...
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... hand " ( as fair as the marble she touched ) brought into mimic life those exquisite busts which form the most valuable ornaments of Strawberry Hill ; and that noble statue of king George the Third , which embellishes the Leverian ...
... hand " ( as fair as the marble she touched ) brought into mimic life those exquisite busts which form the most valuable ornaments of Strawberry Hill ; and that noble statue of king George the Third , which embellishes the Leverian ...
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... hand to the abilities of our countrywoman , and on the other to that symmetry of form which might rival the models of Greece itself . Besides , there is something so pre- posterously ungrateful to the muse of Painting , from whom they ...
... hand to the abilities of our countrywoman , and on the other to that symmetry of form which might rival the models of Greece itself . Besides , there is something so pre- posterously ungrateful to the muse of Painting , from whom they ...
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... hand of time , which had dried the tears of the widow , also wiped away the drops that bedewed the grave of her venerable friend . Mrs. Damer took possession of her rural palace . chamber and vista in the woods , filled her with a ...
... hand of time , which had dried the tears of the widow , also wiped away the drops that bedewed the grave of her venerable friend . Mrs. Damer took possession of her rural palace . chamber and vista in the woods , filled her with a ...
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Seite 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Seite 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Seite 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Seite 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Seite 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Seite 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Seite 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Seite 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Seite 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Seite 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.