The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... rid of his former prejudices , but on some occasion or other , he chose to offer himself to the Bishop of Landaff B VOL . II . as Porkus as a candidate for orders . By him he Pelliculam veterem rctinens et fronte politus ...
... rid of his former prejudices , but on some occasion or other , he chose to offer himself to the Bishop of Landaff B VOL . II . as Porkus as a candidate for orders . By him he Pelliculam veterem rctinens et fronte politus ...
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... Bishop , that he made him his Chaplain . Preferment he had none to give him , at least no opportunity of making provision for his Chaplain presented itself , and the subject of this article was for a long series of years confined to a ...
... Bishop , that he made him his Chaplain . Preferment he had none to give him , at least no opportunity of making provision for his Chaplain presented itself , and the subject of this article was for a long series of years confined to a ...
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... Bishop ! -Much veneration has in various parts of these Recollections been expressed 2 for Horseley for individuals filling this high and important office , expressed You sign your place and calling, in full seeming ...
... Bishop ! -Much veneration has in various parts of these Recollections been expressed 2 for Horseley for individuals filling this high and important office , expressed You sign your place and calling, in full seeming ...
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... Bishop to be ? Firmness learning - charity - general benevolence meekness -disposition to forgive injuries - spirit of recon- ciliation - a love of peace , and desire to ensue it . Great and amiable qualities truly ! Yet a Bishop did ...
... Bishop to be ? Firmness learning - charity - general benevolence meekness -disposition to forgive injuries - spirit of recon- ciliation - a love of peace , and desire to ensue it . Great and amiable qualities truly ! Yet a Bishop did ...
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... Bishop , is he to be persecuted , harassed , exaspe- rated with unrelenting malignity ? Lastly , supposing a professional brother , at the time , of equal pretensions in rank , situation , con- nections , and accomplishments , from whom ...
... Bishop , is he to be persecuted , harassed , exaspe- rated with unrelenting malignity ? Lastly , supposing a professional brother , at the time , of equal pretensions in rank , situation , con- nections , and accomplishments , from whom ...
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Abyssinia acquaintance afterwards agreeable Alderman ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE alluded amiable amusement anecdote appears became better Bishop Bishop of Landaff Bookseller brother cerned certainly CHAP CHAPTER character Cicero circumstances connection considerable considered conversation dignity distinguished eccentric elevation enim excite exercise facetious feelings fortune gentleman Greek Herodotus honest honour house of Medici humble humour individuals introduced Khorasan kind knowledge labour Lacryma Christi learning less literary lived Lord Lord Shelburne manners manuscript means Member of Parliament ment merit metropolis mihi mind never nihil noble object observed obtained occasion particular parties perhaps Persian person personage poet political popular Porson PORSONIAN present printed profession published quæ quam quod racter rank reader Recollections remarkable respect scholar Sexagenarian sort surprize talents taste thing Tibet tion traveller venerable verse VIRG volumes Wilkes writer СНАР
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Seite 380 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Seite 374 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Seite 348 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 351 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Seite 345 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
Seite 328 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Seite 362 - ... quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus, quem neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent, responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores fortis, et in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, in quem manca mit semper fortuna.
Seite 342 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Seite 377 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...