The Biographical Magazine, Tom 1Effingham Wilson ... and Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819 |
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... gave universal satisfaction . In the affair of the Helder , Sir Ralph Abercrombie held a principal command under the Duke of York : however , a more favourable enterprise than this soon afforded our hero an opportunity of immortalizing ...
... gave universal satisfaction . In the affair of the Helder , Sir Ralph Abercrombie held a principal command under the Duke of York : however , a more favourable enterprise than this soon afforded our hero an opportunity of immortalizing ...
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... gave the features of each genus , the knowledge of the British Plants may be easily attained . This work was designed for , and dedicated to , her most gracious majesty the queen . The drawings and engravings were by the famous Miller ...
... gave the features of each genus , the knowledge of the British Plants may be easily attained . This work was designed for , and dedicated to , her most gracious majesty the queen . The drawings and engravings were by the famous Miller ...
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... gave him a place in the pipe office ; and , finally , one still more lucrative in the customs . His next play was " The Double Dealer . " Queen Mary honoured this with her presence , and Congreve displayed his gratitude , after her ...
... gave him a place in the pipe office ; and , finally , one still more lucrative in the customs . His next play was " The Double Dealer . " Queen Mary honoured this with her presence , and Congreve displayed his gratitude , after her ...
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CAPTAIN COOK . THE obscure village of Marton , in Yorkshire , gave birth to this famous circumnaviga- tor , JAMES COOK , October 27 , 1728. His father was a common husbandman ; and his education nothing more than reading , writing , and ...
CAPTAIN COOK . THE obscure village of Marton , in Yorkshire , gave birth to this famous circumnaviga- tor , JAMES COOK , October 27 , 1728. His father was a common husbandman ; and his education nothing more than reading , writing , and ...
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... gave him a violent blow on the cheek , at the same time bidding him " go and be hanged . " The exasperated Earl , losing all presence of mind , clapped his hand upon his sword ; upon which the lord high admiral rushed in between them ...
... gave him a violent blow on the cheek , at the same time bidding him " go and be hanged . " The exasperated Earl , losing all presence of mind , clapped his hand upon his sword ; upon which the lord high admiral rushed in between them ...
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Strona 10 - 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 ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects.
Strona 14 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Strona 15 - Sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour by false insinuations and suggestions to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Strona 9 - Let us, at least, make one effort, and, if we must fall, let us fall like men ! My lords, ill as I am, yet as long as I can crawl down to this house, and have strength to raise myself on my crutches, or lift my hand, I will vote against giving up the dependency of America on the sovereignty of Great Britain, and, if no other lord is of opinion with me, I will singly protest against the measure.
Strona 16 - In this performance he shews by a variety of examples, that a curve is the line of beauty, and that round swelling figures are most pleasing to the eye ; and the truth of his opinion has been countenanced by subsequent writers on the subject.
Strona 6 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Strona 11 - As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along, he made them turn him round frequently to view the field of battle, and to listen to the firing, and was well pleased when the sound grew fainter.
Strona 6 - No distractions of mind, no foreboding terrors of conscience agitated this attractive scene. His chamber was " privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life — quite in the verge of heaven" — and he expired like a wave scarcely curling to the evening zephyr of an unclouded summer sky, and gently rippling to the shore.
Strona 11 - On his return to England, he was made lieutenantcolonel ; also gentleman of the bed-chamber and master of the robes to the duke of York, whom, in 1679, he accompanied to the Netherlands...