Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Band 14Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... praise which is due to Mr William Law as a wit and and a scholar . His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute , his manner is lively , his style for- cible and clear ; and had not his vigorous mind been clouded by ...
... praise which is due to Mr William Law as a wit and and a scholar . His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute , his manner is lively , his style for- cible and clear ; and had not his vigorous mind been clouded by ...
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... praise encouraged my growing talent ; and had I persevered in this line of application , I might have acquired some fame in mathematical studies . After this previous instruction at home , or at a day- school at Putney , I was delivered ...
... praise encouraged my growing talent ; and had I persevered in this line of application , I might have acquired some fame in mathematical studies . After this previous instruction at home , or at a day- school at Putney , I was delivered ...
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... praise either the depth of thought or elegance of style ; but the book is not devoid of entertainment or instruction ; and among several interesting passages I would select the discovery of fire , which produces by accidental mischief ...
... praise either the depth of thought or elegance of style ; but the book is not devoid of entertainment or instruction ; and among several interesting passages I would select the discovery of fire , which produces by accidental mischief ...
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... praises of my mother , a saint in heaven ; his solemn adjuration that I would cherish her memory and imitate her vir- and the fervour with which he kissed and blessed me as the sole surviving pledge of their loves . The storm of passion ...
... praises of my mother , a saint in heaven ; his solemn adjuration that I would cherish her memory and imitate her vir- and the fervour with which he kissed and blessed me as the sole surviving pledge of their loves . The storm of passion ...
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... praise of the happiness of our boyish years , which is echoed with so much affectation in the world . That happiness I have never known , that time I have never regretted ; and were my poor aunt still alive , she would bear testimony to ...
... praise of the happiness of our boyish years , which is echoed with so much affectation in the world . That happiness I have never known , that time I have never regretted ; and were my poor aunt still alive , she would bear testimony to ...
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Seite 19 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Seite 37 - To the university of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation ; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen college ; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life...
Seite 257 - I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most agreeable of his long life, was selected by the judgment and experience of the sage Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season, in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied, our fame and fortune established on a solid basis.
Seite 195 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 67 - The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction, on Christmas-day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries, which are adopted by the general consent of catholics and protestants.
Seite 244 - Before my departure from England, I was present at the august spectacle of Mr. Hastings's trial in Westminster Hall. It is not my province to absolve or Condemn the governor of India ; but Mr. Sheridan's eloquence demanded my applause ; nor could "I hear without emotion the personal compliment which he paid me in the presence of the British nation.* From this display of genius, which blazed four successive days, I shall stoop to a very mechanical circumstance.
Seite 1 - The style shall be simple and familiar : but style is the image of character ; and the habits of correct writing may produce, without labour or design, the appearance of art and study. My own amusement is my motive, and will be my reward ; and if these sheets are communicated to some discreet and indulgent friends, they will be secreted from the public eye till the author shall be removed beyond the reach of criticism or...
Seite 93 - ... and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister, and perhaps the legislator, of the French monarchy.
Seite 91 - In the solitude of a sequestered village he bestowed a liberal and even learned education on his only daughter. She surpassed his hopes by her proficiency in the sciences and languages; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and enidition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity; I saw and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in...
Seite 4 - picture of human manners, will outlive the 'Palace of the Escurial, and the imperial ' eagle of the House of Austria.