Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1847 - Historic buildings |
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... told , the town was accus- tomed to crowd of an evening to witness his hy- draulic experiments . Steele mentions him in one of his papers in the " Tatler , " and Evelyn has thought the projector worthy of praise . One would be glad ...
... told , the town was accus- tomed to crowd of an evening to witness his hy- draulic experiments . Steele mentions him in one of his papers in the " Tatler , " and Evelyn has thought the projector worthy of praise . One would be glad ...
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... says , " is still pampered up in the very dropsy of excess . He that some forty years since should have asked after Piccadilly , I wonder who would have under- * Johnson's " Life of Savage . " 66 * stood him ; or could have told what a.
... says , " is still pampered up in the very dropsy of excess . He that some forty years since should have asked after Piccadilly , I wonder who would have under- * Johnson's " Life of Savage . " 66 * stood him ; or could have told what a.
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John Heneage Jesse. * stood him ; or could have told what a Piccadilly had been , either fish or flesh . " In Ben Jonson's " Devil is an Ass ; " in Beaumont and Fletcher's " Pilgrim ; " and in Drayton's satirical poem " The Moon Calf ...
John Heneage Jesse. * stood him ; or could have told what a Piccadilly had been , either fish or flesh . " In Ben Jonson's " Devil is an Ass ; " in Beaumont and Fletcher's " Pilgrim ; " and in Drayton's satirical poem " The Moon Calf ...
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... told , his Highness's levee was very slender , not above three or four noblemen , and they such as have not appeared at St. James's for a long time . All such as are admitted to the King's court are under strict orders not to go at any ...
... told , his Highness's levee was very slender , not above three or four noblemen , and they such as have not appeared at St. James's for a long time . All such as are admitted to the King's court are under strict orders not to go at any ...
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... told , " taking pains to calm the spirit of division and ambition , " made a vain attempt to effect a reconciliation between the rival politicians . Here , a few months afterwards , we find Bolingbroke entertaining the great Duke of ...
... told , " taking pains to calm the spirit of division and ambition , " made a vain attempt to effect a reconciliation between the rival politicians . Here , a few months afterwards , we find Bolingbroke entertaining the great Duke of ...
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Page 280 - Mighty victor, mighty lord ! Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 337 - 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 262 - Henry's holy shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way: Ah happy hills!
Page 250 - 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 210 - 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 250 - 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 401 - 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...
Page 395 - 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 420 - Blest be the great ! for those they take away, And those they left me; for they left me Gay : Left me to see neglected genius bloom, 'Neglected die, and tell it on his tomb : Of all thy blameless life the sole return My verse, and Queensberry weeping o'er thy urn...
Page 398 - ... 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.