The people's art union. The historic gallery of portraits & paintings, with brief memoirs of the most celebrated men of every age and country. [ed. by H. Mead].1845 |
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... parliament . His propositions were , indeed , rejected ; but he con- tinued to repeat and renew them from time to time , and thus kept up the public attention to this great object , which was consequently more generally canvassed than ...
... parliament . His propositions were , indeed , rejected ; but he con- tinued to repeat and renew them from time to time , and thus kept up the public attention to this great object , which was consequently more generally canvassed than ...
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... parliament , was publicly mentioned , who , on his being made a lord of trade , gave an order for a superfluity of pewter ink - stands for his own use . The ink - stands were brought , and he instantly exchanged the whole with the ...
... parliament , was publicly mentioned , who , on his being made a lord of trade , gave an order for a superfluity of pewter ink - stands for his own use . The ink - stands were brought , and he instantly exchanged the whole with the ...
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... parliament . This plan had been sedulously kept from public knowledge until the last moment . But its hazards were instantly seen by the vigilant sagacity of Mr. Pitt . He pronounced it a design for vesting the whole power of India in ...
... parliament . This plan had been sedulously kept from public knowledge until the last moment . But its hazards were instantly seen by the vigilant sagacity of Mr. Pitt . He pronounced it a design for vesting the whole power of India in ...
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... parliament , a new one was re- turned , which changed the majority , and preserved the Premier in his office . The commercial treaty with France was a bold scheme , and evinced deep political and mercantile knowledge . One of the most ...
... parliament , a new one was re- turned , which changed the majority , and preserved the Premier in his office . The commercial treaty with France was a bold scheme , and evinced deep political and mercantile knowledge . One of the most ...
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... parliamentary opponent , Mr Fox , in his spirit and candour , bore the most honourable testimony . In the course of his long administration , particularly towards the latter part of it , Mr. Pitt's pecuniary circumstances became ...
... parliamentary opponent , Mr Fox , in his spirit and candour , bore the most honourable testimony . In the course of his long administration , particularly towards the latter part of it , Mr. Pitt's pecuniary circumstances became ...
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Página 165 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Página 136 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews ! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Página 63 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Página 166 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 166 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Página 34 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Página 146 - DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greatest dramatist wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them.
Página 76 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
Página 146 - His works abound with knowledge, and sparkle with illustrations. There is scarcely any science or faculty that does not supply him with occasional images and lucky similitudes; every page discovers a mind very widely acquainted both with art and nature, and in full possession of great stores of intellectual wealth.
Página 34 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.