National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Bind 1Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1830 |
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... course of publication : and how admirably ( if his impor- tant avocations ever afforded him sufficient time ) might this desideratum be supplied by the distinguished writer , from whose pen the affecting account of the last days of His ...
... course of publication : and how admirably ( if his impor- tant avocations ever afforded him sufficient time ) might this desideratum be supplied by the distinguished writer , from whose pen the affecting account of the last days of His ...
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William Jerdan. most ruinous consequences would follow , if a more resolute course were not pursued , the English ministry determined on measures calculated at once to give a different turn to the affairs of the Peninsula . Under these ...
William Jerdan. most ruinous consequences would follow , if a more resolute course were not pursued , the English ministry determined on measures calculated at once to give a different turn to the affairs of the Peninsula . Under these ...
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... course better to be depended upon than any other . " I do not , " says he , " believe that his Lordship had any apprehension of his fate till the day after the 18th , when he said , " I fear you and Tita will be ill by sitting ...
... course better to be depended upon than any other . " I do not , " says he , " believe that his Lordship had any apprehension of his fate till the day after the 18th , when he said , " I fear you and Tita will be ill by sitting ...
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... course of an hour , and the victor had the rare glory of having obtained , so far as his own men were concerned , a bloodless conquest . On board the Pegase were eighty killed and wounded , while the Fou- droyant saw herself victorious ...
... course of an hour , and the victor had the rare glory of having obtained , so far as his own men were concerned , a bloodless conquest . On board the Pegase were eighty killed and wounded , while the Fou- droyant saw herself victorious ...
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... course , was only eight years old at the death of his father . At an early age he was sent to Eton , where he had , in the same class , Charles James Fox and the late Earl of Carlisle ; with both of whom he formed that connexion , which ...
... course , was only eight years old at the death of his father . At an early age he was sent to Eton , where he had , in the same class , Charles James Fox and the late Earl of Carlisle ; with both of whom he formed that connexion , which ...
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Admiral afterwards Angerstein appointed army Baron battle battle of Camden Beresford Bishop born British Burke Captain career celebrated character Charles Colonel command conduct daughter death distinguished Doyle Duke of York Earl Fitzwilliam Earl of Mornington eldest embarked eminent enemy England English exertions father French gave genius George Henry Wellesley honour Humphry Davy illustrious immediately India Ireland King Lady late letter Lieutenant London Lord Amherst Lord Byron Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Lord Rawdon Lordship Majesty Majesty's Marquis married Memoir ment military mind minister Mornington nation noble obtained Parliament Perceval period Pitt political Portrait possessed present Prince Princess produced rank received regiment rendered returned to England Royal Highness seat Sheridan ship Sir Henry situation Spanish SPENCER PERCEVAL splendid succeeded talents Tarragona tion took Torrens Tortosa troops Viscount Wellesley West William Wrangham
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Side 8 - I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness; creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence^ the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and...
Side 3 - In the course of thirty years he had known almost every man in Europe, whose intercourse could strengthen, or enrich, or polish the mind. His own literature was various and elegant. In classical erudition, which by the custom of England is more peculiarly called learning, he was inferior to few professed scholars. Like all men of genius, he delighted to take refuge in poetry, from the vulgarity and irritation of business.
Side 2 - Mr. Fox united, in a most remarkable degree, the seemingly repugnant characters of the mildest of men and the most vehement of orators.
Side 7 - In my opinion, profound minds are the most likely to think lightly of the resources of human reason ; and it is the pert superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of any two series of events being independent of each other ; and in science, so many natural miracles, as it...
Side 8 - ... upon which he laid down never to rise again ! — for he did not move hand or foot during the following twentyfour hours. His Lordship appeared, however, to be in a state of suffocation at intervals, and had a frequent rattling in the throat : on these occasions I called Tita to assist me in raising his head, and I thought he seemed to get quite stiff. The rattling and...
Side 2 - His superiority was never felt but in the instruction which he imparted, or in the attention which his generous preference usually directed to the more obscure members of the company. The simplicity of his manners was far from excluding that perfect urbanity and amenity which flowed still more from the mildness of his nature than from familiar intercourse with the most polished society of Europe.
Side 5 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal luster, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Side 7 - I begged him, however, to proceed with things of more consequence, he then continued, ' Oh, my poor dear child ! my dear Ada ! my God, could I but have seen her ! give her my blessing, and my dear sister Augusta and her children ; and you will go to Lady Byron, and say tell her every thing — you are friends with her.
Side 7 - His Lordship appeared to be greatly affected at this moment. Here my master's voice failed him, so that I could only catch a word at intervals ; but he kept muttering something very seriously for some time, and would often raise his voice, and say, ' Fletcher, now if you do not execute every order which I have given you, I will torment you hereafter, if possible...