National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Bind 1Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1830 |
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... forces thus disciplined , to the successful defence as well of Europe as of England . This celebrated and illustrious man is the third son of Viscount Wellesley , Earl of Mornington , and was born in Ireland , in May , 1769. Having ...
... forces thus disciplined , to the successful defence as well of Europe as of England . This celebrated and illustrious man is the third son of Viscount Wellesley , Earl of Mornington , and was born in Ireland , in May , 1769. Having ...
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... forces were embarked was detained by contrary winds , and the orders of his regiment having been countermanded , he was sent to Ireland . The delay , however , which occurred in his departure from his native shores , was but short , for ...
... forces were embarked was detained by contrary winds , and the orders of his regiment having been countermanded , he was sent to Ireland . The delay , however , which occurred in his departure from his native shores , was but short , for ...
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... force of about ten thousand men , and arrived at Corunna on the twentieth of the same month . The situation of ... forces . But every circumstance which occurred gave him fresh cause for suspecting , that either feeble- ness or ...
... force of about ten thousand men , and arrived at Corunna on the twentieth of the same month . The situation of ... forces . But every circumstance which occurred gave him fresh cause for suspecting , that either feeble- ness or ...
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... forces ; and by that of the latter , he was created a Marquis , and received the grant of a hundred thousand pounds . At the battle of Vittoria , which shortly followed , the English army was again successful , and their leader ...
... forces ; and by that of the latter , he was created a Marquis , and received the grant of a hundred thousand pounds . At the battle of Vittoria , which shortly followed , the English army was again successful , and their leader ...
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... forces in America . For his distin- guished services in that quarter of the globe , he received the Order of the Bath , and was made Governor of Virginia . In 1776 he was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Amherst of Holmesdale ...
... forces in America . For his distin- guished services in that quarter of the globe , he received the Order of the Bath , and was made Governor of Virginia . In 1776 he was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Amherst of Holmesdale ...
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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...