National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Bind 1Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1830 |
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... took place on the 22d . On the 12th of August , 1762 , George , his present Majesty , was born at the royal palace of St. James's ; and the country rejoiced in the perpetuation of the House of Brunswick . In the same year His Majesty ...
... took place on the 22d . On the 12th of August , 1762 , George , his present Majesty , was born at the royal palace of St. James's ; and the country rejoiced in the perpetuation of the House of Brunswick . In the same year His Majesty ...
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... took occasion humbly to resign his wand into the hands of his Majesty . The King , we have been informed , though hitherto vexed and almost irresolute , was roused into decision by this unexpected incident . He immediately seized the ...
... took occasion humbly to resign his wand into the hands of his Majesty . The King , we have been informed , though hitherto vexed and almost irresolute , was roused into decision by this unexpected incident . He immediately seized the ...
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... took place on May the 2nd , of the same year ; the ceremony being performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , in the great crimson room of Carlton House , in the presence of the Queen , the York , Clarence , and Kent , & c . the Prince ...
... took place on May the 2nd , of the same year ; the ceremony being performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , in the great crimson room of Carlton House , in the presence of the Queen , the York , Clarence , and Kent , & c . the Prince ...
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... took place which threat- ened the speedy discomfiture of the protecting army , and the complete success of the Imperial generals . The most rapid changes had occurred in the higher posts of our army . The confidence of the nation had ...
... took place which threat- ened the speedy discomfiture of the protecting army , and the complete success of the Imperial generals . The most rapid changes had occurred in the higher posts of our army . The confidence of the nation had ...
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... men it has produced , he was only known there for his eccentricities , or as a violator of its discipline . On completing his residence at Cambridge , he took up his abode at Newstead Abbey , a place which , if 2 NATIONAL PORTRAITS .
... men it has produced , he was only known there for his eccentricities , or as a violator of its discipline . On completing his residence at Cambridge , he took up his abode at Newstead Abbey , a place which , if 2 NATIONAL PORTRAITS .
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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...