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... virtue , or reputation , as if any thing consistent with honour or honesty could not be obtained by these . That this nobleman , however , had a respect for pure morality and decorous manners , is suf- ficiently attested by the papers ...
... virtue , or reputation , as if any thing consistent with honour or honesty could not be obtained by these . That this nobleman , however , had a respect for pure morality and decorous manners , is suf- ficiently attested by the papers ...
Page xlvii
... virtues of his family their love of science and of literature . " In enumerating his works , Lord Orford mentions his Life of Swift ' as a valuable present to the world . Mr. Duncombe celebrates his love for truth , and his piety . His ...
... virtues of his family their love of science and of literature . " In enumerating his works , Lord Orford mentions his Life of Swift ' as a valuable present to the world . Mr. Duncombe celebrates his love for truth , and his piety . His ...
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... virtues , and who , as a judge , a scholar , a Christian , and a citizen , excelled in the respec- tive duties and attributes of these characters , and at his death was " praised , wept , and honoured " by every friend to wisdom and ...
... virtues , and who , as a judge , a scholar , a Christian , and a citizen , excelled in the respec- tive duties and attributes of these characters , and at his death was " praised , wept , and honoured " by every friend to wisdom and ...
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... virtue . In all his works , which are very numerous , he discovers uncom- mon accuracy , taste , and research . His most celebrated work is ' The Annals of Scotland . ' He was also one of those who repelled Gibbon's attack on ...
... virtue . In all his works , which are very numerous , he discovers uncom- mon accuracy , taste , and research . His most celebrated work is ' The Annals of Scotland . ' He was also one of those who repelled Gibbon's attack on ...
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... virtue and good manners . I confess in- deed , and you will not be angry that to yourself I avow it , the immortality I have reason to hope for , arises from the conjunction of many higher names than yours , which I have had the honour ...
... virtue and good manners . I confess in- deed , and you will not be angry that to yourself I avow it , the immortality I have reason to hope for , arises from the conjunction of many higher names than yours , which I have had the honour ...
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Page l - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.
Page 318 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out...
Page 323 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 75 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 244 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Page li - Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland have not that painted form which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty.
Page 121 - Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snateh a fearful joy.
Page 131 - The most inflammatory and intrepid fevers fly at the first discharge of Dr. James's powder ; and a drop or pill of the celebrated Mr. Ward corrects all the malignity of Pandora's box.
Page 99 - As I found that the name of Sysigambis, carrying an idea of age along with it, was offensive to my wife, I waved the parallel ; and addressing myself in common to my wife and daughter, I told them, " I perceived that there was a painter now at Paris, who coloured much higher than Rigault, though he did not paint near so like ; for that I could hardly have guessed them to be the pictures of themselves.
Page 274 - A gentleman is every man, who, "with a tolerable suit of clothes, a sword by his side, and a watch and snuff-box in his pockets, asserts himself to be a gentleman, swears with energy that he will be treated as such, and that he...