The Annual biography and obituary, Volumen 121828 |
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... never be destitute of attraction or utility . The whole process by which his faculties have been cultivated and his knowledge has been built up , is in itself well deserving of attention ; and if the generous ambition of excellence be ...
... never be destitute of attraction or utility . The whole process by which his faculties have been cultivated and his knowledge has been built up , is in itself well deserving of attention ; and if the generous ambition of excellence be ...
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... never - failing expedient for quieting his gambols , and rivetting him to a chair . He had been rather a weakly infant ; and one severe illness , when a boy of thirteen , betrayed a defective constitution , and perhaps left the seeds of ...
... never - failing expedient for quieting his gambols , and rivetting him to a chair . He had been rather a weakly infant ; and one severe illness , when a boy of thirteen , betrayed a defective constitution , and perhaps left the seeds of ...
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... never languidly applied to any subject , he entered deeply into both the study and the practice of religion . In the course of his theological studies , there was no standard work in English which he did not read , and with which he ...
... never languidly applied to any subject , he entered deeply into both the study and the practice of religion . In the course of his theological studies , there was no standard work in English which he did not read , and with which he ...
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... never went but to the pit ; and with his early indication of intellectual taste , he readily learnt to distinguish the valuable from the worthless , both in the actors and in the productions of the stage . Thus it was , that never ...
... never went but to the pit ; and with his early indication of intellectual taste , he readily learnt to distinguish the valuable from the worthless , both in the actors and in the productions of the stage . Thus it was , that never ...
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... never ed him to the law ; he had not acquired any love for its practice ; and two years of freedom from the restraints of business , and of indulgence in the choice of amusements and studies , were not likely to have made a pro- fession ...
... never ed him to the law ; he had not acquired any love for its practice ; and two years of freedom from the restraints of business , and of indulgence in the choice of amusements and studies , were not likely to have made a pro- fession ...
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Página 398 - Let us fly to the aid of Portugal, by whomsoever attacked ; because it is our duty to do so : and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal, not to rule, not to dictate, not to prescribe constitutions — but to defend and to preserve the independence of an ally. We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known heights of Lisbon. Where that standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come.
Página 391 - Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion.
Página 391 - ... for action. You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing...
Página 392 - But God forbid that that occasion should arise. After a war sustained for nearly a quarter of a century — sometimes single-handed, and with all Europe arranged at times against her or at her side, England needs a period of tranquillity, and may enjoy it without fear of misconstruction.
Página 399 - Might not compensation for disparagement be obtained, and the policy of our ancestors vindicated, by means better adapted to the present time? If France occupied Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the consequences of that occupation, that we should blockade Cadiz? No. I looked another way. I sought materials of compensation in another hemisphere. Contemplating Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain " with the Indies." I called...
Página 173 - Such liberality was not lost upon me ; I grew anxious to make the best return in my power, and I redoubled my diligence. Now, that I am sunk into indolence, I look back with some degree of scepticism to the exertions of that period.
Página 123 - Biographical Memoirs of William Ged, including a particular Account of his Progress in the Art of Block-printing, 1781,
Página 189 - I did it ; and would fate allow, Should visit still, should still deplore — But health and strength have left me now, And I, alas ! can weep no more. Take then, sweet maid ! this simple strain, The last I offer at thy shrine ; Thy grave must then undecked remain, And all thy memory fade with mine.
Página 178 - On my first visit he asked me what friends I had, and what were my prospects in life ; and I told him that I had no friends and no prospects of any kind. He said no more ; but when I called to take leave, previous to returning to college, I found that this simple exposure of my circumstances had sunk deep into his mind.
Página 385 - IF there be a determined project to interfere by force or by menace in the present struggle in Spain, so convinced are His Majesty's Government of the uselessness and danger of any such interference — so objectionable does it appear to them in principle, as well as utterly impracticable in execution, that when the necessity arises, or (I would rather say) when the opportunity offers, I am to instruct your Grace at once frankly and peremptorily to declare, that to any such interference, come what...