Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Bind 6author, 1831 |
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... any objec tion that might be taken to his premature devotion to the Muses . In a correspondence with the daughter of his patron , he pre- scribes for her a course of reading in English poetry ANECDOTES OF W. GIFFORD , ESQ . 29.
... any objec tion that might be taken to his premature devotion to the Muses . In a correspondence with the daughter of his patron , he pre- scribes for her a course of reading in English poetry ANECDOTES OF W. GIFFORD , ESQ . 29.
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... daughter . The mechanical genius and industry of this bard of the Peak mountain have procured him more of life's solid good than he was likely to have obtained from the nymphs who gilded his day - dreams . He lately wrote the inclosed ...
... daughter . The mechanical genius and industry of this bard of the Peak mountain have procured him more of life's solid good than he was likely to have obtained from the nymphs who gilded his day - dreams . He lately wrote the inclosed ...
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... daughter , Anne , who was married in 1792 to Lord Grenville * , and became heiress to her brother . That Lord Camelford was a sensible and an ele- gant writer , and possessed considerable talents , and very elegant acquirements in the ...
... daughter , Anne , who was married in 1792 to Lord Grenville * , and became heiress to her brother . That Lord Camelford was a sensible and an ele- gant writer , and possessed considerable talents , and very elegant acquirements in the ...
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... daughter of John Budget , Esq . He attained the rank of Lieut . - col . 1759 , Colonel 1772 , Major general 1779 , and Lieut . - General in 1787. His regiment was the 1st Foot Guards and he was Lieut . - gover- nor of Tynemouth . He ...
... daughter of John Budget , Esq . He attained the rank of Lieut . - col . 1759 , Colonel 1772 , Major general 1779 , and Lieut . - General in 1787. His regiment was the 1st Foot Guards and he was Lieut . - gover- nor of Tynemouth . He ...
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... daughter , both grown up and both without resource . I have just had a letter from him , by which I find his situation grows every day more and more critical to him . I have sent a copy , through Lord Harcourt , to the King and Queen ...
... daughter , both grown up and both without resource . I have just had a letter from him , by which I find his situation grows every day more and more critical to him . I have sent a copy , through Lord Harcourt , to the King and Queen ...
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Side 182 - Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Side 184 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Side 185 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Side 185 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead And amazed, he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Side 182 - With flying fingers touch'd the lyre; The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love! ^ A dragon's fiery form belied the god; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia...
Side 893 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Side 20 - I possessed at this time but one book in the world : it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure ; but it was a treasure locked up ; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equations, and I knew nothing of the matter.
Side 182 - Sate like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair.
Side 495 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political. With some Pieces of Thomson's never before published.
Side 23 - ... the deficiencies of his fortune. On examining into the nature of my literary attainments, he found them absolutely nothing: he heard, however, with equal surprise and pleasure, that amidst the grossest ignorance of books, I had made a very considerable progress in the mathematics. He engaged me to enter into the details...