The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volumen3John Timbs 1840 |
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... father , Thomas Ainsworth , Esq . , was a solicitor of eminence in Man- chester ; and his son was destined to tread in his steps ; but preferred the barren paths of literature to the more lucrative profession of the law . He was brought ...
... father , Thomas Ainsworth , Esq . , was a solicitor of eminence in Man- chester ; and his son was destined to tread in his steps ; but preferred the barren paths of literature to the more lucrative profession of the law . He was brought ...
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... not be a general one of these days ? " " Because , Barberigo , fortune disap- points a million for every three she favours . At any rate , I will not be father- in - law of a man whose whole fortune is 6 THE LITERARY WORLD .
... not be a general one of these days ? " " Because , Barberigo , fortune disap- points a million for every three she favours . At any rate , I will not be father- in - law of a man whose whole fortune is 6 THE LITERARY WORLD .
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... father of the Rev. G. R. Gleig , chaplain of Chelsea Hospital , and author of the Subaltern , & c . On March 19 , at Earl's - terrace , Ken- sington , aged ninety - one , Thomas Daniell , Esq . , R.A. , F.R.S. , A.S. , and R.A.S. , the ...
... father of the Rev. G. R. Gleig , chaplain of Chelsea Hospital , and author of the Subaltern , & c . On March 19 , at Earl's - terrace , Ken- sington , aged ninety - one , Thomas Daniell , Esq . , R.A. , F.R.S. , A.S. , and R.A.S. , the ...
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... father pur- sued , the son greatly excelled ; he has left but few engravers in mezzotinto of equal merit . He combined an extraordinary depth and richness of colour , with an artist - like touch , that rendered his por- traits , more ...
... father pur- sued , the son greatly excelled ; he has left but few engravers in mezzotinto of equal merit . He combined an extraordinary depth and richness of colour , with an artist - like touch , that rendered his por- traits , more ...
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... father died while his son Joseph was studying at Florence , as on his return to London , in 1755 , his family received him with open arms , and he en- tered on the occupation of his father's house at Charing - cross , where he conti ...
... father died while his son Joseph was studying at Florence , as on his return to London , in 1755 , his family received him with open arms , and he en- tered on the occupation of his father's house at Charing - cross , where he conti ...
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Página 200 - Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Página 166 - LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night.
Página 110 - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Página 165 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Página 159 - Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears!
Página 159 - Yes, there is a man in Westmoreland, And Johnny Armstrong they do him call." There, now, you plunge at once into the subject. You have no previous narration to lead you to it. The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : "Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state'.
Página 378 - If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them...
Página 337 - Bold and erect the Caledonian stood; Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; Let him drink port, the English statesman cried— He drank the poison, and his spirit died.
Página 268 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, " Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Página 49 - Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.