Memoirs of the city of London and its celebritiesJ.C. Nimmo, 1901 |
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Pagina 23
... March , 1703 , and at the age of twelve was entered on the foundation of its famous school . His acquaintance , William Cole , the antiquary , though his junior at Eton by some years , well remembered the time when Morell's mother and ...
... March , 1703 , and at the age of twelve was entered on the foundation of its famous school . His acquaintance , William Cole , the antiquary , though his junior at Eton by some years , well remembered the time when Morell's mother and ...
Pagina 26
... March , 1751 , and , not long afterward , by the death of Desnoyers himself . The prince , it may be casually mentioned , expired in Desnoyers's arms ; nor may it be impertinent further to point out that the court dancing - master and ...
... March , 1751 , and , not long afterward , by the death of Desnoyers himself . The prince , it may be casually mentioned , expired in Desnoyers's arms ; nor may it be impertinent further to point out that the court dancing - master and ...
Pagina 47
... March , 1735 , he was returned to Parliament as member for Hendon , in Wiltshire , two years after which he was indebted to Sir Robert for the appointment of surveyor - general of the Board of Works . On the 25th of June , 1741 , he ...
... March , 1735 , he was returned to Parliament as member for Hendon , in Wiltshire , two years after which he was indebted to Sir Robert for the appointment of surveyor - general of the Board of Works . On the 25th of June , 1741 , he ...
Pagina 68
... March , 1748 , " he owed that bent and bias to religion which , with the co- operating grace of God , had at length brought him back to those paths of peace from which he might otherwise have been in danger of deviating for ever ...
... March , 1748 , " he owed that bent and bias to religion which , with the co- operating grace of God , had at length brought him back to those paths of peace from which he might otherwise have been in danger of deviating for ever ...
Pagina 71
... . The afflic- tion which he suffered by the death of his only son , in 1755 , not only rendered him indifferent to life , but was the occasion of an attack of paraly- sis which , on the 26th of March , 1756 CELEBRATED ETONIANS . 71.
... . The afflic- tion which he suffered by the death of his only son , in 1755 , not only rendered him indifferent to life , but was the occasion of an attack of paraly- sis which , on the 26th of March , 1756 CELEBRATED ETONIANS . 71.
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Pagina 89 - Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
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Pagina 142 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white...
Pagina 198 - you shall be my confessor: when I first set out in the world, I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christiau religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Pagina 87 - Poor Fielding ! I could not help telling his sister, that I was equally surprised at and concerned for his continued lowness. Had your brother, said I, been born in a stable, or been a runner at a sponging-house, we should have thought him a genius, and wished he had had the advantage of a liberal education, and of being admitted into good company...
Pagina 127 - But if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose are we called to this council ? When he talks of being responsible to the people, he talks the language of the House of Commons, and forgets, that at this board, he is only responsible to the King.
Pagina 313 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...