National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, Bind 1Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1830 |
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Admiral afterwards appointed army Baron battle became Beresford Bishop born British Burke Captain career celebrated character Charles Charles James Fox Colonel command conduct daughter death distinguished Doyle Duke of York Earl Fitzwilliam eldest eloquence 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 nation noble obtained Ormonde Parliament Perceval period person philosophical Pitt political possessed present Prince produced Ralph Abercrombie rank Rawdon received regiment rendered returned to England Royal Highness Royal Society seat Sheridan ship Sir Henry Spanish SPENCER PERCEVAL splendid succeeded talents Tarragona tion took Torrens Tortosa Viscount Wellesley West William Wrangham
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Side 4 - The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain — The envious, who but breathe in others' pain ; Behold the host ! delighting to deprave, Who track the steps of Glory to the grave...
Side 5 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Side 3 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Side 8 - I must sleep now ;' upon which he laid down never to rise again ; for he did not move hand or foot during the following twenty-four 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 3 - In the course of thirty years he had known almost every man in Europe, whose intercourse could strengthen, or enrich, or poli.sh 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 - 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 3 - But should there be to whom the fatal blight Of failing wisdom yields a base delight — Men who exult when minds of heavenly tone Jar in the music which was born their own — Still let them pause — ah ! little do they know That what to them seemed vice might be but woe.