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Pagina 8
... king ? The third brother also took delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which ...
... king ? The third brother also took delight in Italy , where the priests converted him and his Protestant chaplain too . Mass was said in Hanover once more ; and Italian soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which ...
Pagina 9
... King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers , and singers , and fiddlers ...
... King , and had his Ver- sailles , his Wilhelmshöhe or Ludwigslust ; his Court and its splendours ; his gardens laid out with statues ; his fountains , and waterworks , and Tritons ; his actors , and dancers , and singers , and fiddlers ...
Pagina 10
... King and Villars his general , who fits out the last army with the last crownpiece from the treasury , and goes to meet the enemy and die or conquer for France at Denain . But round all that Royal splendour lies a nation 13 enslaved and ...
... King and Villars his general , who fits out the last army with the last crownpiece from the treasury , and goes to meet the enemy and die or conquer for France at Denain . But round all that Royal splendour lies a nation 13 enslaved and ...
Pagina 11
... King ties in diamonds round his mistress's whit night about the first half of the last century , I say , this is the six died Europe over . Saxony is a waste as well as Picardye of them and Versailles is only larger and not worse than ...
... King ties in diamonds round his mistress's whit night about the first half of the last century , I say , this is the six died Europe over . Saxony is a waste as well as Picardye of them and Versailles is only larger and not worse than ...
Pagina 13
... King ; a woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles - has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been ...
... King ; a woman whose honest heart was always with her friends and dear old Deutschland , though her fat little body was confined at Paris , or Marly , or Versailles - has left us , in her enormous correspondence ( part of which has been ...
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Pagina 339 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down...
Pagina 329 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Pagina 264 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Pagina 188 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Pagina 149 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Pagina 226 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Pagina 222 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Pagina 226 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out...
Pagina 88 - Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Pagina 190 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.