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... received a grant of land in the county of Londonderry , afterwards settled in Ireland . Stratford Canning , Esq . the father of the late lamented Premier , left his native country at an early age , to proscute the study of the law in ...
... received a grant of land in the county of Londonderry , afterwards settled in Ireland . Stratford Canning , Esq . the father of the late lamented Premier , left his native country at an early age , to proscute the study of the law in ...
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... received in Parliament . It was the anxious wish of the Minister , that the war with France should be terminated , by the conclusion of a trea- ty , as soon as possible . He therefore used every exertion to place the public affairs in ...
... received in Parliament . It was the anxious wish of the Minister , that the war with France should be terminated , by the conclusion of a trea- ty , as soon as possible . He therefore used every exertion to place the public affairs in ...
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... received large sums of the public money as Treasurer of the Navy , which he had applied to his own use . Mr Canning exerted himself with great vigour in defence of his friend and predeces- sor . Undaunted amid the powerful opposition ...
... received large sums of the public money as Treasurer of the Navy , which he had applied to his own use . Mr Canning exerted himself with great vigour in defence of his friend and predeces- sor . Undaunted amid the powerful opposition ...
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... received from Mr Pitt and Lord Grenville , when he resigned the of- fice of Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs ; at the same time stating , that he had reserved one half for his own use , and settled the other half on two near and dear ...
... received from Mr Pitt and Lord Grenville , when he resigned the of- fice of Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs ; at the same time stating , that he had reserved one half for his own use , and settled the other half on two near and dear ...
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... received with cordiality , and an as- surance given them of prompt and efficient suc- cour . Mr Sheridan first introduced the subject of Spanish politics to the attention of Parliament . In his speech , he commenced with a splendid eu ...
... received with cordiality , and an as- surance given them of prompt and efficient suc- cour . Mr Sheridan first introduced the subject of Spanish politics to the attention of Parliament . In his speech , he commenced with a splendid eu ...
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Page 192 - ... ability of conjuring up in himself passions which are indeed far from being the same as those produced by real events, yet...
Page 323 - It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I staid I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless.
Page 312 - I looked and fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel, to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Page 304 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Page 61 - I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ;...
Page 122 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Page 116 - NAEBODY. I HAE a wife o' my ain, I'll partake wi' naebody ; I'll tak cuckold frae nane, I'll gie cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There — thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a guid braid sword, I'll tak dunts frae naebody.
Page 186 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 185 - ... which is generally the most difficult part of the business, I walk out, sit down now and then, look out for objects in nature around me that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed.
Page 38 - I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power; I thought they had merit; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears — a poor negro-driver — or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits!