Memoirs of the city of London and its celebritiesJ.C. Nimmo, 1901 |
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Pagina 12
... called to the bar , was appointed at- torney - general to William , Duke of Cumberland , of Culloden celebrity . In 1731 he was consti- tuted chief clerk of the House of Commons , the duties of which office , owing to his assiduity ...
... called to the bar , was appointed at- torney - general to William , Duke of Cumberland , of Culloden celebrity . In 1731 he was consti- tuted chief clerk of the House of Commons , the duties of which office , owing to his assiduity ...
Pagina 33
... called Court Garden , near Marlowe , on the Thames ; he not only took a warm interest in , but risked between one and two thousand pounds , in a speculation for causing the barges to be drawn up the river by horses in- stead of by men ...
... called Court Garden , near Marlowe , on the Thames ; he not only took a warm interest in , but risked between one and two thousand pounds , in a speculation for causing the barges to be drawn up the river by horses in- stead of by men ...
Pagina 38
... called " Hercules , " which was set to music by Handel , and performed at the Haymarket Theatre about the year 1745 . It may be mentioned that it was during the time that Mr. Broughton was vicar of St. Mary Redcliff , that Chatterton ...
... called " Hercules , " which was set to music by Handel , and performed at the Haymarket Theatre about the year 1745 . It may be mentioned that it was during the time that Mr. Broughton was vicar of St. Mary Redcliff , that Chatterton ...
Pagina 67
John Heneage Jesse. - morbid taste for witnessing criminal executions is well known , called at Holland House to inquire after the condition of his friend . On his card being brought to the dying statesman , it revived in him a ...
John Heneage Jesse. - morbid taste for witnessing criminal executions is well known , called at Holland House to inquire after the condition of his friend . On his card being brought to the dying statesman , it revived in him a ...
Pagina 71
... called his servants into the parlour , and read to them first a sermon , and then prayers . ' " " As late as , and indeed long after , this time , the poet's income , notwithstanding the efforts of his friends to obtain for him an ...
... called his servants into the parlour , and read to them first a sermon , and then prayers . ' " " As late as , and indeed long after , this time , the poet's income , notwithstanding the efforts of his friends to obtain for him an ...
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According accordingly admiration afterward appears appointed Bishop born brother Bute's Cambridge chancellor Charles Hanbury Williams Church court daughter death died Doctor Johnson Duke of Grafton Earl eloquence eminent England Etonian father favourite Fielding Fielding's former fortune genius George Grenville George Selwyn Gray hand happily Henry honour Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords illustrious instance John king King's College Lady lastly less literary London Lord Bute Lord Camden Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord Lyttelton Lord Temple married master meantime ment merit mind minister Montagu month mother never occasion Parliament person Pitt Pitt's poet political Prince probably rendered resigned Richard royal closet scarcely scholar schoolfellow secretary seems Selwyn Sir Charles Hanbury Sir Charles's Sir Robert Sneyd Davies sovereign statesman tion Tom Jones Townshend verses virtues Whig wife writes Lord writes Walpole young
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Pagina 343 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Pagina 90 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Pagina 263 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
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.
Pagina 377 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn...
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...