The Biographical Magazine, Volumen1Effingham Wilson ... and Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819 |
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... his works must be universally admired as long as science exists . His numerous works were , in 1765 , first collected in five vols . 4to . and since in ten , 8vo . SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE . THIS renowned English lawyer was born.
... his works must be universally admired as long as science exists . His numerous works were , in 1765 , first collected in five vols . 4to . and since in ten , 8vo . SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE . THIS renowned English lawyer was born.
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... admiration of his contemporaries . United with the graces of a handsome person , his manner and address were ... admired for his profound knowledge of history , his grand ideas , and his bold and manly eloquence . The latter lord ...
... admiration of his contemporaries . United with the graces of a handsome person , his manner and address were ... admired for his profound knowledge of history , his grand ideas , and his bold and manly eloquence . The latter lord ...
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... admiration , and soon occasioned him to be regarded as chief orator of the Rockingham party , in the house of commons . From the commencement of the American war he was a constant advocate for the colonists ; and , in 1774 , freely ...
... admiration , and soon occasioned him to be regarded as chief orator of the Rockingham party , in the house of commons . From the commencement of the American war he was a constant advocate for the colonists ; and , in 1774 , freely ...
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... admiration of persons of rank and power ; and , in a short time , his name was celebrated all over the kingdom . About this time he erected , at his own expense , a monument in the Canon - gate church- yard , at Edinburgh , to the ...
... admiration of persons of rank and power ; and , in a short time , his name was celebrated all over the kingdom . About this time he erected , at his own expense , a monument in the Canon - gate church- yard , at Edinburgh , to the ...
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... admiring his magnanimity , spared his life , but still suffered him to remain in bondage . After five years and a half , his family having collected the price of his ransom , he returned to Spain . In the spring of 1581 , he fixed his ...
... admiring his magnanimity , spared his life , but still suffered him to remain in bondage . After five years and a half , his family having collected the price of his ransom , he returned to Spain . In the spring of 1581 , he fixed his ...
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Página 10 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects.
Página 14 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 15 - Sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour by false insinuations and suggestions to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Página 9 - Let us, at least, make one effort, and, if we must fall, let us fall like men ! My lords, ill as I am, yet as long as I can crawl down to this house, and have strength to raise myself on my crutches, or lift my hand, I will vote against giving up the dependency of America on the sovereignty of Great Britain, and, if no other lord is of opinion with me, I will singly protest against the measure.
Página 16 - In this performance he shews by a variety of examples, that a curve is the line of beauty, and that round swelling figures are most pleasing to the eye ; and the truth of his opinion has been countenanced by subsequent writers on the subject.
Página 6 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Página 11 - As the soldiers were carrying him slowly along, he made them turn him round frequently to view the field of battle, and to listen to the firing, and was well pleased when the sound grew fainter.
Página 6 - No distractions of mind, no foreboding terrors of conscience agitated this attractive scene. His chamber was " privileged beyond the common walks of virtuous life — quite in the verge of heaven" — and he expired like a wave scarcely curling to the evening zephyr of an unclouded summer sky, and gently rippling to the shore.
Página 11 - On his return to England, he was made lieutenantcolonel ; also gentleman of the bed-chamber and master of the robes to the duke of York, whom, in 1679, he accompanied to the Netherlands...