The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Bind 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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Side 47
... kind . I shall , therefore , gentlemen , confine myself to saying , that you do me the greatest honour that can grace the retirement of any actor ; and as it is a distinction that never has been shown to any of my predecessors , it ...
... kind . I shall , therefore , gentlemen , confine myself to saying , that you do me the greatest honour that can grace the retirement of any actor ; and as it is a distinction that never has been shown to any of my predecessors , it ...
Side 55
... kind attention herein . I have written to Mr. Charles Kemble by this post . I beg my re- spectful compliments to Mrs. Siddons ; and having now hastily fulfilled my truly painful duty ,. " I have the honour to remain , & c . & c . " Some ...
... kind attention herein . I have written to Mr. Charles Kemble by this post . I beg my re- spectful compliments to Mrs. Siddons ; and having now hastily fulfilled my truly painful duty ,. " I have the honour to remain , & c . & c . " Some ...
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... kind , both for the works of Newton , and for Dr. Hutton's three books , induced Mr. Beilby to unite with himself in the execution of it his pupil and assistant Mr. Bewick , who afterwards rose to such eminence in the art , and laid the ...
... kind , both for the works of Newton , and for Dr. Hutton's three books , induced Mr. Beilby to unite with himself in the execution of it his pupil and assistant Mr. Bewick , who afterwards rose to such eminence in the art , and laid the ...
Side 77
... kind . The state of his health , about twelve years after the commencement of his duties at Woolwich , became so precarious , that the Master- general of the Ordnance permitted him to reside in a healthy situation on Shooter's Hill ...
... kind . The state of his health , about twelve years after the commencement of his duties at Woolwich , became so precarious , that the Master- general of the Ordnance permitted him to reside in a healthy situation on Shooter's Hill ...
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... such heartfelt satisfaction . " If , indeed , any thing could enhance the value of this gift , it is the kind manner in which it is now presented . It is not in the power of any language to express my gratitude on 82 DR . HUTTON .
... such heartfelt satisfaction . " If , indeed , any thing could enhance the value of this gift , it is the kind manner in which it is now presented . It is not in the power of any language to express my gratitude on 82 DR . HUTTON .
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Side 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Side 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Side 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Side 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Side 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Side 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Side 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Side 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Side 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Side 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.