The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Bind 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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nor could any examination be better conducted to answer completely the good and wise intentions of the Master - ge- neral . Every candidate was closely questioned in the several branches of the mathematical sciences ; concerning their ...
nor could any examination be better conducted to answer completely the good and wise intentions of the Master - ge- neral . Every candidate was closely questioned in the several branches of the mathematical sciences ; concerning their ...
Side 82
... conducting the subscription waited on Dr. Hutton , at his house in Bed- ford - Row , in order to present it to him , according to the original intention . They then addressed him as follows : " We have the honour , Sir , of waiting upon ...
... conducting the subscription waited on Dr. Hutton , at his house in Bed- ford - Row , in order to present it to him , according to the original intention . They then addressed him as follows : " We have the honour , Sir , of waiting upon ...
Side 85
... conducting the Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales : to this also , my able prede- cessor , Professor Bonnycastle , owed his appointment at Wool- wich , in 1782 and to this again , I cannot omit to ascribe the honour of my ...
... conducting the Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales : to this also , my able prede- cessor , Professor Bonnycastle , owed his appointment at Wool- wich , in 1782 and to this again , I cannot omit to ascribe the honour of my ...
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... conduct of Mrs. Radcliffe must have shown that she was incapable , not only of seeking , but of desiring any illegitimate fame , of indirect means of increasing the praise which she could not fail to know was given to her writings . She ...
... conduct of Mrs. Radcliffe must have shown that she was incapable , not only of seeking , but of desiring any illegitimate fame , of indirect means of increasing the praise which she could not fail to know was given to her writings . She ...
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... conducted by generals of experience , and not to me , their king and country owe the sovereignty of this important colony . And I trust , by a comparison of the force which defended it , and the time in which it has fallen , the present ...
... conducted by generals of experience , and not to me , their king and country owe the sovereignty of this important colony . And I trust , by a comparison of the force which defended it , and the time in which it has fallen , the present ...
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action Admiral afterwards Angerstein appeared appointed army attack attention Baillie became Bishop Bishop of Calcutta brigade British brother Captain celebrated character Colonel command cowpox daughter death disease distinguished Duke Duke of Wellington Dumouriez duty Earl St effect eminent enemy enemy's England expression father favour feelings fleet Foudroyant France French George George Beckwith Glenbervie guns Henry Raeburn honour Hope House Hutton Jenner JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Kemble Kemble's King late letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General London Lord Lord Keith Lordship Majesty Majesty's Major-General manner married ment mind Mysteries of Udolpho nature naval never noble Nollekens observed occasion officers parliament person physician picture Playfair possession present profession racter Radcliffe received regiment respect retired Royal Schanck ships Sir David Baird Sir Henry Sir John Jervis smallpox Society soon squadron talents tion took troops vaccination Vincent William wounded
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Side 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Side 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Side 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Side 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Side 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Side 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Side 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Side 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Side 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Side 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.