Biographies of celebrities for the people, ed. by F. Banfield1885 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Admiral Admiralty appointed April army Balliol Balliol College BART battle became Bishop Board born British Cambridge Captain career Charles Christ Church clasp Colonel command Conservative Court Crimean Crimean war dates of official daughter distinguished Dublin Duke Earl Edinburgh educated eldest Election of 1880 Emperor England English entered Eton father February foreign France French George German Gladstone Government graduated honorary honour House of Commons India Inner Temple Ireland Irish James King Lady late Lectures Legion of Honour Liberal Lieutenant Lincoln's Inn literary LL.D London Lord lordship magistrate Majesty March Marquis married medal Medjidie mentioned military Minister ministry Miss Navy obtained Oriel College Parliament party Pasha political popular present President Prince Princess Professor Queen received returned RIGHT Royal Royal Navy Russian School Sebastopol Secretary sermons Society studied at Eton succeeded success throne Trinity College University of Oxford William
Pasajes populares
Página 29 - When the hounds of spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves and ripple of rain ; And the brown bright nightingale amorous Is half assuaged for Itylus, For the Thracian ships and the foreign faces, The tongueless vigil, and all the pain.
Página 29 - BEFORE the beginning of years, There came to the making of man Time, with a gift of tears; Grief, with a glass that ran; Pleasure, with pain for leaven; Summer, with flowers that fell; Remembrance fallen from heaven, And madness risen from hell; Strength without hands to smite ; Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light, And life, the shadow of death.
Página 8 - The severe and afflicting loss which the nation has sustained by the death of his Majesty my beloved uncle, has devolved upon me the duty of administering the government of this empire. This awful responsibility is imposed upon me so suddenly, and at so early a period of my life, that I should feel myself utterly oppressed by the burden were I not sustained by the hope that Divine Providence, which has called me to this work, will give me strength for the performance of it, and that I shall find...
Página 13 - Kear's, who is eighty-six years old — quite erect, and who welcomed us with a great air of dignity. She sat down and spun. I gave her, also, a warm petticoat, she said, 'May the Lord ever attend ye and yours, here and hereafter; and may the Lord be a guide to ye, and keep ye from all harm.
Página 10 - I cordially concur with you in the prayer, that by God's blessing, this undertaking may conduce to the welfare of my people, and to the common interests of the human race, by encouraging the arts of peace and industry, strengthening the bonds of union...
Página 13 - Beagle, was in charge of the right Lancaster Battery before Sebastopol. The advance of the Russians placed the gun in great jeopardy, their skirmishers advancing within 300 yards of the battery ; and pouring in a sharp fire from their Minie• rifles.
Página 4 - JM Adye her royal licence and authority to accept and wear the insignia of Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour conferred upon him by the President of the French Republic as a promotion from the class of Officer of the same Order which he received for his services during the Crimean War. He...
Página 12 - He explained, in the most beautiful and simple manner, what real religion is; how it ought to pervade every action of our lives; not a thing only for Sundays, or for our closet; not a thing to drive us from the world; not "a perpetual moping over 'good' books", but "being and doing good"; "letting everything be done in a Christian spirit". It was as fine as Mr. McLeod's sermon last year, and sent us home much edified.
Página 23 - Sunday afternoons to listen to his sermon at St. Mary's, and I have never heard such preaching since. I do not know whether it is a mere fancy of mine, or whether those who know him better will accept and endorse my belief, that one element of his wonderful power showed itself after this fashion. He always began as if he had determined to set forth his idea of the truth in the plainest and simplest language, language as men say ' intelligible to the meanest understanding.
Página 12 - Christ had come not only to die for us, but to show how we were to live. The second prayer was very touching; his allusions to us were so simple, saying, after his mention of us,