Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1847 - Historic buildings |
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... memory of the inimitable Gillray . " In memory of Mr. James Gillray , the caricaturist , who departed this life 1st of June , 1815 , aged 58 years . " We have already mentioned that Piccadilly House stood on the site of Panton Square ...
... memory of the inimitable Gillray . " In memory of Mr. James Gillray , the caricaturist , who departed this life 1st of June , 1815 , aged 58 years . " We have already mentioned that Piccadilly House stood on the site of Panton Square ...
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... memory . In 1769 , Boswell lived in lodgings in Old Bond Street . He mentions , on one occasion , entertaining at dinner , in this street , Dr. Johnson , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Garrick , Goldsmith , Murphy , Tom Davis , the bookseller ...
... memory . In 1769 , Boswell lived in lodgings in Old Bond Street . He mentions , on one occasion , entertaining at dinner , in this street , Dr. Johnson , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Garrick , Goldsmith , Murphy , Tom Davis , the bookseller ...
Page 77
... , erected by two brother free - masons to his memory , may still be seen . † * " Calamities of Authors . " + Memoir prefixed to his works . The literary interest which attaches itself to Bond Street , BOND STREET . 77.
... , erected by two brother free - masons to his memory , may still be seen . † * " Calamities of Authors . " + Memoir prefixed to his works . The literary interest which attaches itself to Bond Street , BOND STREET . 77.
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... memory of her martyred hus- band , - Non servata fides cineri promissa Sichæo , and to bestow her hand upon a subject . Madame de Bavière observes , in one of her letters : " The widow of Charles the First made a clandestine mar- riage ...
... memory of her martyred hus- band , - Non servata fides cineri promissa Sichæo , and to bestow her hand upon a subject . Madame de Bavière observes , in one of her letters : " The widow of Charles the First made a clandestine mar- riage ...
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... memory , entirely of looking - glass , as was said to have been the ceil- ing . Over the chimney was her picture ; and that of her sister was in a third room . " Unless Nell Gwynn occupied two different houses in this locality Pennant's ...
... memory , entirely of looking - glass , as was said to have been the ceil- ing . Over the chimney was her picture ; and that of her sister was in a third room . " Unless Nell Gwynn occupied two different houses in this locality Pennant's ...
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Page 279 - Mighty victor, mighty lord ! Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 336 - Now mark me how I will undo myself: I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, The pride of kingly sway from out my heart; With mine own tears I wash away my balm, With mine own hands I give away my crown, With mine own tongue deny my sacred state, With mine own breath release all duteous oaths; All pomp and majesty I do forswear; My manors, rents, revenues, I forgo; My acts, decrees, and statutes, I deny.
Page 249 - And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses crowned, When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty.
Page 209 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages cursed ; For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 394 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 249 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 285 - Why doth the crown lie there, upon his pillow, Being so troublesome a bedfellow ? O polish'd perturbation ! golden care ! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide To many a watchful night, sleep with it now! Yet not so sound, and half so deeply sweet, As he, whose brow with homely biggin bound, Snores out the watch of night.
Page 436 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and honoured by the Muse he loved.
Page 397 - ... bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man.
Page 400 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, 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. When I read the several dates...