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... Earl of Chatham , The Life of Samuel Johnson The Life of Laurence Sterne The Life of David Garrick . The Life of Dr. Tobias Smollet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 174 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 ... .
... Earl of Chatham , The Life of Samuel Johnson The Life of Laurence Sterne The Life of David Garrick . The Life of Dr. Tobias Smollet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 131 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 174 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 ... .
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... earl of Lichfield ; a lady of excellent endowments , and great sweetness of temper . In the mean time , the duties of the clerical profession had not entirely withdrawn his attention from those elegant pursuits to which he was attached ...
... earl of Lichfield ; a lady of excellent endowments , and great sweetness of temper . In the mean time , the duties of the clerical profession had not entirely withdrawn his attention from those elegant pursuits to which he was attached ...
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... earl of Winchelsea gave him the living of Eastwell in Kent , where he resided a little time ; yet he very soon quitted it , and returned to London . Here for many years he had employment as a preacher in several chapels ; with the ...
... earl of Winchelsea gave him the living of Eastwell in Kent , where he resided a little time ; yet he very soon quitted it , and returned to London . Here for many years he had employment as a preacher in several chapels ; with the ...
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... earl of Burlington , by whom , as Trustee for the Boylean Lecture , he had through the application of arch- bishop Herring and bishop Sherlock , been appointed in 1749 to preach that lecture . There is a preface to this volume , of more ...
... earl of Burlington , by whom , as Trustee for the Boylean Lecture , he had through the application of arch- bishop Herring and bishop Sherlock , been appointed in 1749 to preach that lecture . There is a preface to this volume , of more ...
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... earl of Home's , or Hume's , and his ancestors had been proprietors of the estate , which his brother possessed , for several generations . His mother was daughter of sir David Falconer , president of the college of justice . His family ...
... earl of Home's , or Hume's , and his ancestors had been proprietors of the estate , which his brother possessed , for several generations . His mother was daughter of sir David Falconer , president of the college of justice . His family ...
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Page 282 - How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Page 151 - I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Page 206 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Page 278 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 147 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 278 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 92 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Page 146 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 152 - To call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman savage of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren?
Page 152 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!