Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, Band 8James Maxwell, 1816 |
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... never , according to his own ac- knowledgment , went to any regular school ; an old maiden aunt who lived in the family taught him to read , and this was all the instruction he received till the age of nine years , when he left his home ...
... never , according to his own ac- knowledgment , went to any regular school ; an old maiden aunt who lived in the family taught him to read , and this was all the instruction he received till the age of nine years , when he left his home ...
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... never would fight until he was drunk ” — " that he was pot - valiant , " and a variety of the same refined reproaches , that have since been coupled even with the names of our distinguished naval officers of the present day . In the ...
... never would fight until he was drunk ” — " that he was pot - valiant , " and a variety of the same refined reproaches , that have since been coupled even with the names of our distinguished naval officers of the present day . In the ...
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... never would have mistaken a frigate for a two - decker . For this L- never forgave him , and at a subsequent period , travelled over half Europe to call him to account , as he used to affirm ! Conti- nuing their cruise , they captured a ...
... never would have mistaken a frigate for a two - decker . For this L- never forgave him , and at a subsequent period , travelled over half Europe to call him to account , as he used to affirm ! Conti- nuing their cruise , they captured a ...
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... never fought when sober , although all accounts of those who knew him well , agree in saying that he was a man of exemplary so- briety . Every action of captain Jones , in his capacity of an officer , is distinctly marked by a desperate ...
... never fought when sober , although all accounts of those who knew him well , agree in saying that he was a man of exemplary so- briety . Every action of captain Jones , in his capacity of an officer , is distinctly marked by a desperate ...
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... never prostituted to inflame those desires which require restraints rather than stimulants or allurements . The artist never sought for fame or profit at the expense of the character of the man . His fa- vourite pictures - such as Wolfe ...
... never prostituted to inflame those desires which require restraints rather than stimulants or allurements . The artist never sought for fame or profit at the expense of the character of the man . His fa- vourite pictures - such as Wolfe ...
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Seite 53 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a...
Seite 270 - TRANSACTIONS of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, with the Premiums offered in the year 1783.
Seite 53 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Seite 207 - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Seite 507 - Is fix'd for ever to detract or praise : Repose denies her requiem to his name. And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The secret enemy whose sleepless eye Stands sentinel — accuser — judge— and spy, The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others...
Seite 499 - Sir, you never heard me say that David Garrick was a great man; you may have heard me say that Garrick was a good repeater — of other men's words — words put into his mouth by other men; this makes but a faint approach towards being a great man.
Seite 506 - When all of Genius which can perish dies. A mighty Spirit is eclipsed — a Power Hath pass'd from day to darkness — to whose hour Of light no likeness is bequeath'd — no name, Focus at once of all the rays of Fame ! The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence...
Seite 246 - Open thy bosom, set thy wishes wide, And let in Manhood; let in Happiness ; Admit the boundless theatre of thought From nothing, up to GOD ; which makes a Man.
Seite 505 - Garrick himself gave in to this foppery of feelings I can easily believe ; but he knew at the same time that he lied. He might think it right as far as I know...
Seite 508 - While Eloquence, Wit. Poesy, and Mirth, That humbler Harmonist of care on Earth, Survive within our souls — while lives our sense Of pride in Merit's proud pre-eminence, Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain, And turn to all of him which may remain. Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man. And broke the die— in moulding Sheridan 1 CHURCHILL'S CRAVE.