Fifty Years of Public Work of Sir Henry Cole, K. C. B., Accounted for in His Deeds, Speeches and Writings, Band 1G. Bell, 1884 |
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Seite 18 - Who knows the inscrutable design? Blessed be He who took and gave ! Why should your mother, Charles, not mine, Be weeping at her darling's grave? We bow to Heaven that will'd it so, That darkly rules the fate of all. That sends the respite or the blow, That's free to give, or to recall.
Seite 296 - I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, Your very faithful, '• ' DANIEL O'CONXELL. "
Seite 178 - Festival,' which united the industry of all nations of the earth, — all this was moving indeed, and it was and is a day to live for ever.
Seite 154 - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. AND...
Seite 106 - The history of the world records no event comparable, in its promotion of human industry, with that of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851.
Seite 180 - Her Majesty commands me to declare this Exhibition open," — which was followed by a flourish of trumpets and immense cheering. All the Commissioners, the Executive Committee, &c., who worked so hard and to whom such immense praise is due, seemed truly happy, and no one more so than Paxton, who may be justly proud; he rose from being a common gardener's boy. Everybody was astonished and delighted, Sir George Grey [Home Secretary] in tears. ' The return was equally satisfactory, — the crowd most...
Seite 106 - O1 industry and invention an unparalleled profusion. The thing /-" still remaining to be done is to effect the combination of the two, to wed high art with mechanical skill.
Seite 218 - Diary continues, this beautiful city, with its broad streets and lofty houses, ' decorated in the most tasteful manner possible, with banners, flags, arches, flowers, inscriptions, and finally illuminations, full of people, lined with troops, National Guards, and troops of the Line and Chasseurs d'Afrique, beautifully kept, and most enthusiastic ! And yet this gives but a faint notion of this triumph, as it was. There were endless cries of " Vive la Reine d'Angleterre ! " " Vive UEmpereur ! "
Seite 84 - I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull.
Seite 165 - I cannot conceal from you that we are on the point of having to abandon the Exhibition altogether. We have announced our intention to do so, if on the day the vast building ought to be begun the site is taken from us.