Cyclopædia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the Characters, Habits and Conversation of Men of Letters and ScienceWilliam Keddie R. Griffin and Company, 1854 - 368 pages |
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... appearance , naked , and in motion , how to save the poor man . It was the lateness of the hour , the deep impossible to retain him in his own silence which prevailed , everything house ; and to turn him out of concurred to overwhelm ...
... appearance , naked , and in motion , how to save the poor man . It was the lateness of the hour , the deep impossible to retain him in his own silence which prevailed , everything house ; and to turn him out of concurred to overwhelm ...
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... appeared ; one went close up to Mr. Campbell , the other to myself . The poet was now in such breath- less ... appearance . Mr. Pope must have known this also , and therefore it was unpardonable in him to introduce it into his cele ...
... appeared ; one went close up to Mr. Campbell , the other to myself . The poet was now in such breath- less ... appearance . Mr. Pope must have known this also , and therefore it was unpardonable in him to introduce it into his cele ...
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... appeared in public in London wearing an Armenian dress , which of course attracted much notice ; and so long as he ... appearance in England began to subside , and he found himself exposed to the animadver- sions of the press , he became ...
... appeared in public in London wearing an Armenian dress , which of course attracted much notice ; and so long as he ... appearance in England began to subside , and he found himself exposed to the animadver- sions of the press , he became ...
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... appearance of that elegant essay , was charac- terized as possessing all the fluency , ease , and grace of an unwritten ad- dress , and all the author's skill in debate and Parliamentary tact . It turned out that the work had not been ...
... appearance of that elegant essay , was charac- terized as possessing all the fluency , ease , and grace of an unwritten ad- dress , and all the author's skill in debate and Parliamentary tact . It turned out that the work had not been ...
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... [ reading .-- ( Crudeli of Florence . ) MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES . HARRINGTON'S OCEANA . 39 the strongest appearance 38 AUTHORS . Filicaia's Sonnets, Fitzgibbon and Curran, Foulises of Glasgow, their Editions of Classics, 221.
... [ reading .-- ( Crudeli of Florence . ) MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES . HARRINGTON'S OCEANA . 39 the strongest appearance 38 AUTHORS . Filicaia's Sonnets, Fitzgibbon and Curran, Foulises of Glasgow, their Editions of Classics, 221.
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Page 25 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 110 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 252 - He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn ; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it x.
Page 153 - ... ordinary; if you expected to see an ordinary woman, you would think her pretty ! but her manners are simple, ardent, impressive. In every motion, her most innocent soul outbeams so brightly, that who saw would say, Guilt was a thing impossible in her. Her information various. Her eye watchful in minutest observation of nature; and her taste, a perfect electrometer.
Page 46 - When the messenger who carried the last sheet to Millar returned, Johnson asked him, " Well, what did he say?"—" Sir, (answered the messenger) he said, thank GOD I have done with him.
Page 90 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Page 37 - The affectionate Laidlaw beseeching him to stop dictating, when his audible suffering filled every pause, "Nay, Willie," he answered, "only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool to ourselves; but as to giving over work, that can only be when I am in woollen.
Page 147 - That's very strange ; but, if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings ; tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket I' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Page 147 - That's very strange ! but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. — Let me see, what should I have had? a couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings — tarts, a shilling : but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket.
Page 14 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England !" ' This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.