The national portrait gallery of illustrious and eminent personages, chiefly of the nineteenth century, Volumes 3-4P. Jackson, 1846 |
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Page 86 - Or WYNDHAM, just to Freedom and the Throne, The Master of our Passions, and his own.
Page 92 - A course of Lectures, containing a description and systematic arrangement of the several branches of Divinity, accompanied with an account both of the principal authors, and of the progress which has been made at different periods, in Theological learning.
Page 26 - Witty and well employ'd, and, like thy Lord, Speaking in parables his slighted word; I name thee not, lest so despised a name Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame; Yet...
Page 73 - Jenner was given to understand, that he should be cautious and prudent; that he had already gained some credit by his communications to the Royal Society, and ought not to risk his reputation by presenting to the learned body anything which appeared so much at variance with established knowledge, and withal so incredible.
Page 27 - Brompton,) he had collected," says Sir Everard Home, " many kinds of animals and birds ; and it was to him a favourite amusement in his walks to attend to their actions and their habits, and to make them familiar with him. The fiercer animals were those to which he was most partial, and he had several of the bull kind from different parts of the world. Among these was a beautiful small bull he had received from the Queen, with which he used to wrestle in play, and entertain himself with its exertions...
Page 39 - Eustatia, he executed the difficult and dangerous enterprise in such a manner as to produce the most sanguine expectations of' his future services. In 1745 Lieutenant Howe was with Admiral Vernon in the Downs, but was in a short time raised to the rank of commander, in the Baltimore sloop of war, which joined the squadron then cruising on the coast of Scotland under the command of Admiral Smith.
Page 36 - On the return of Napoleon from Elba, his Lordship proceeded to his command in the Mediterranean ; assisted in the restoration of Joachim, King of Naples ; in reducing the rebellious Toulonese ; and concluded treaties with Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for the abolition of Christian slavery. On his return to England, he found that the Algerines had violated the treaty in the most flagrant manner.
Page 71 - DEAR JENNER, — I received yours, as also the cuckoo's stomach : I should like to have a few more, for they do not all show the same thing. If possible, I wish you could remove the cuckoo's egg into another bird's nest, and tame the young one, to see what note it has. There is employment for you, young man ! If you collect eggs, you should also collect the nests, and I do not care how many you send. I wanted a crow's nest, as also a magpie's, in the branches of the trees where they are built, but...
Page 61 - neglect, or delay," was pronounced " not proved ; " but that his conduct had been "marked by zeal, judgment, and ability, and an anxious attention to the welfare of his majesty's service," His lordship was consequently " most honourably acquitted ; '' and received in addition the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.
Page 15 - In the year 1810 he arrived, through the assistance of his hygrometer, at the discovery of that singularly beautiful process of artificial congelation which enabled him to convert water and mercury into ice. Mr. Leslie was removed to the Chair of Natural Philosophy in 1819, on the death of Professor Playfair.