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Page 408 - from all participation in the faults of their heroes, who, nevertheless, might be found with little more morality than 'The Giaour,' and, perhaps,—but no—I must admit Childe Harold to be a very repulsive personage; and as to his identity, those who like it, must give him whatever ' alias' they please." It is difficult to say whether
Page 318 - System of primaeval Theology, the grand Code of Civil Laws, the original Form of Government, and the various and profound Literature of Hindostan, compared throughout with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature of Persia, Egypt, and Greece; the whole intended as introductory to the History of Hindostan, upon a comprehensive Scale,
Page 329 - fetish, or sacrifice of a dead sheep, wrapped up in red silk, and suspended between two lofty poles. Upwards of 5000 people, the greater part warriors, met us with awful bursts of martial music, discordant only in its mixture ,• for horns, drums, rattles, and gong-gongs, were all exerted with a zeal bordering on
Page 41 - and versatility of his talents in conversation. Mr. Boswell, who met him about this time in a mixed company in London, says, in his Memoirs of Dr. Johnson, that he was accustomed to talk " with a vivacity, fluency, and precision so uncommon, that he attracted particular attention ;" and mentions the delight which the doctor had himself felt from his ability, while
Page 442 - in the evening of the 19th, when I saw my master open his eyes and then shut them, but without shewing any symptom of pain, or moving hand or foot. ' Oh, my God !' I exclaimed, ' I fear his Lordship is gone!' The doctors then felt his pulse, and said, ' You are right—he is gone.'