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... opinions of con- temporaries . It The memoirs in the present , as in the former , volume have been communicated by the per- sons whose initials or assumed signatures are affixed to them . These persons in general have an immediate ...
... opinions of con- temporaries . It The memoirs in the present , as in the former , volume have been communicated by the per- sons whose initials or assumed signatures are affixed to them . These persons in general have an immediate ...
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... opinion of his Lordship , the life and soul of naval discipline . Soon after the peace , his Lordship was sent to France to acquire those accomplishments which are requisite in an extensive intercourse with the world , and perfect ...
... opinion of his Lordship , the life and soul of naval discipline . Soon after the peace , his Lordship was sent to France to acquire those accomplishments which are requisite in an extensive intercourse with the world , and perfect ...
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... opinion , relative to that engagement , than by the following extracts from the clear , consistent , and pointed , testimony which he gave upon the court- martial called upon Admiral Keppel . Upon the following question being put by the ...
... opinion , relative to that engagement , than by the following extracts from the clear , consistent , and pointed , testimony which he gave upon the court- martial called upon Admiral Keppel . Upon the following question being put by the ...
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... pressing calls , inseparable from a domestic establishment , which , if not splendid , was marked with all the appear- ances of genteel life . His attempt at dramatic composition , and the moderate opinion His MR . SHERIDAN . 35.
... pressing calls , inseparable from a domestic establishment , which , if not splendid , was marked with all the appear- ances of genteel life . His attempt at dramatic composition , and the moderate opinion His MR . SHERIDAN . 35.
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... opinion did not exactly co- incide with that of acknowledged judges of dra- matic merit ; and , in consequence of some slight disapprobation , it was withdrawn after the first night's performance . The partial failure of the piece has ...
... opinion did not exactly co- incide with that of acknowledged judges of dra- matic merit ; and , in consequence of some slight disapprobation , it was withdrawn after the first night's performance . The partial failure of the piece has ...
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Sida 265 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn...
Sida 265 - What is grandeur, what is power ? Heavier toil, superior pain. What the bright reward we gain ? The grateful memory of the good. Sweet is the breath of vernal shower, The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet The still small voice of Gratitude.
Sida 543 - Yet this is true of them all, that in all the several shapes of his Style there is still very much of the likeness and impression of the same mind : the same unaffected modesty, and natural freedom, and easie vigour, and chearful passions, and innocent mirth, which appear'd in all his 30 Manners.
Sida 265 - Saint, and the majestic Lord, That broke the bonds of Rome: (Their tears, their little triumphs o'er, Their human passions now no more, Save Charity, that glows beyond the tomb...
Sida 60 - Puff. To be sure it will — but what the plague ! a play is not to show occurrences that happen every day, but things just so strange, that though they never did, they might happen.
Sida 543 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.
Sida 53 - That it is the right and duty of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons of Great Britain now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm, to provide the means of supplying the defect of the personal exercise of the royal authority, arising from his majesty's said indisposition, in such manner as the exigency of the case may appear to require.
Sida 85 - I have hitherto followed it, and have no reason to complain that my obedience to it has been even a temporal sacrifice. I have found it, on the contrary, the road to prosperity and wealth ; and I shall point it out as such to my children.
Sida 549 - Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. The change both my heart and my fancy employs, I reflect on the frailty of man and his joys ; Shortlived as we are, yet our pleasures, we see. Have a still shorter date, and die sooner than we.
Sida 468 - Shrewsbury, Chester, and other places where the company usually performed. At length, by the kindness of Mr. Younger, the manager, she obtained a letter of introduction to the elder Colman, at whose theatre in the Haymarket she appeared in the summer of 1777, in the character of Miss Hardcastle, in Goldsmith's comedy of