A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 6A. Fullarton, 1853 - Great Britain |
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... never reproved or punished but once ; and then for a fault of which he was not guilty , " is the honourable testimony borne to his general conduct by one who was his college - fellow . He generally allowed himself no more than four ...
... never reproved or punished but once ; and then for a fault of which he was not guilty , " is the honourable testimony borne to his general conduct by one who was his college - fellow . He generally allowed himself no more than four ...
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... never been said or thought before . He was like an adventurer projecting a voyage of discovery , who should sit down to study the charts and journals of all his predecessors , neither for direction nor security , but that having been ...
... never been said or thought before . He was like an adventurer projecting a voyage of discovery , who should sit down to study the charts and journals of all his predecessors , neither for direction nor security , but that having been ...
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... never to have forgotten the coldness with which he was so long treated . In a letter to his friend and future biographer , Hurd , written in February , 1766 , he says : " I brought , as usual , a bad cold with me to town ; and this ...
... never to have forgotten the coldness with which he was so long treated . In a letter to his friend and future biographer , Hurd , written in February , 1766 , he says : " I brought , as usual , a bad cold with me to town ; and this ...
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... never permit himself to be addressed by that title , or prefix it to any of his writings . 6 In the spring of the year 1783 , Mr Orton's complaints multiplied fast upon him . He died at Kidderminster , July 19th , 1783 , in the sixty ...
... never permit himself to be addressed by that title , or prefix it to any of his writings . 6 In the spring of the year 1783 , Mr Orton's complaints multiplied fast upon him . He died at Kidderminster , July 19th , 1783 , in the sixty ...
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... never be defended upon protestant principles . " About the same time that ' The Confessional ' was published a vacancy happened in the congregation of dissenters at the Old Jewry , London , by the death of their pastor , Dr Chandler ...
... never be defended upon protestant principles . " About the same time that ' The Confessional ' was published a vacancy happened in the congregation of dissenters at the Old Jewry , London , by the death of their pastor , Dr Chandler ...
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Page 54 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 82 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 219 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 464 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 220 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 100 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints,...
Page 454 - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Page 232 - I have already more than once had occasion to refer to, has often told me that he was seldom more grieved, than when riding into Dumfries one fine summer evening about this time to attend a county ball, he saw Burns walking alone, on the shady side 'of the principal street of the town, while the opposite side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him.
Page 227 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Page 236 - The editor, or author, never could shew the original; nor can it be shewn by any other; to revenge reasonable incredulity, by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence, with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.