Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1824 - 351 páginas |
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... Ranks of Persons , 261 5. - General Diffusion of Literature among the Ladies of Great Britain , ib . 6. - Suggestion of a Work on the Manichean Conspi- racy , 270 XXXII . 273 Historical memoirs of the English , Irish and Scottish ...
... Ranks of Persons , 261 5. - General Diffusion of Literature among the Ladies of Great Britain , ib . 6. - Suggestion of a Work on the Manichean Conspi- racy , 270 XXXII . 273 Historical memoirs of the English , Irish and Scottish ...
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... rank , " what the pursuit , for which these do not eminently " qualify ? But , let experience decide the question . The " exclusion of the catholics of this realm from all public , " and from most lucrative situations , and the general ...
... rank , " what the pursuit , for which these do not eminently " qualify ? But , let experience decide the question . The " exclusion of the catholics of this realm from all public , " and from most lucrative situations , and the general ...
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... rank - when the late duke of Norfolk was at Douay college , he rose at the same hour , studied and said his lesson in the same classes , ate at the same table , and wore the same uniform as the other boys ; the son of the duke de St ...
... rank - when the late duke of Norfolk was at Douay college , he rose at the same hour , studied and said his lesson in the same classes , ate at the same table , and wore the same uniform as the other boys ; the son of the duke de St ...
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... sons in the most exalted ranks , but conveying lessons of virtue and prudence to persons of every condition . Do not these letters place her at the head of the female writers of France ? liar with those of France : but his total neglect 16.
... sons in the most exalted ranks , but conveying lessons of virtue and prudence to persons of every condition . Do not these letters place her at the head of the female writers of France ? liar with those of France : but his total neglect 16.
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... rank they were directed to inquire and report upon the learning , morals , political conduct and general idoniety of the purchaser . The procureur - general of the parliament , within whose resort the office lay , presided over the ...
... rank they were directed to inquire and report upon the learning , morals , political conduct and general idoniety of the purchaser . The procureur - general of the parliament , within whose resort the office lay , presided over the ...
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Página 132 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Página 257 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 173 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, — without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of...
Página 133 - ... such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country...
Página 172 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty, and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals...
Página 131 - I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne, in the language of TRUTH.
Página 173 - ... respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were able to evade this tempest fled to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine.
Página 76 - Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Página 80 - Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, sir ; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces, and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. King, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
Página 23 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...