The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volumen8Longman., 1824 |
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... DUKE OF CLARENCE ; KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONORABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH ; KNIGHT OF THE OTTOMAN ORDER OF THE CRESCENT , AND OF THE ROYAL SAR- DINIAN MILITARY ORDER OF ST . MAURICE AND , ST . LAZARUS ; FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ...
... DUKE OF CLARENCE ; KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONORABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH ; KNIGHT OF THE OTTOMAN ORDER OF THE CRESCENT , AND OF THE ROYAL SAR- DINIAN MILITARY ORDER OF ST . MAURICE AND , ST . LAZARUS ; FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ...
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... Duke of Portland ( the latter being at that period in opposition ) , and by a union of parties forming abroad - bottomed administration . " In the month of January , 1781 , he captured , after a smart action , the Rotterdam Dutch ship ...
... Duke of Portland ( the latter being at that period in opposition ) , and by a union of parties forming abroad - bottomed administration . " In the month of January , 1781 , he captured , after a smart action , the Rotterdam Dutch ship ...
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... Duke of York , in the tragedy of King Charles the First . He soon after , however , went to a Roman Catholic seminary at Sedgeley park in Stafford- shire ; where he gave proofs of a great taste for literature . On that account he was ...
... Duke of York , in the tragedy of King Charles the First . He soon after , however , went to a Roman Catholic seminary at Sedgeley park in Stafford- shire ; where he gave proofs of a great taste for literature . On that account he was ...
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... Duke of Northumberland in- dulged in an act of liberality and kindness , perhaps as un- precedented as it was honourable . The circumstances redound equally to Mr. Kemble's good feeling and to his Grace's ex- cellence of heart . So long ...
... Duke of Northumberland in- dulged in an act of liberality and kindness , perhaps as un- precedented as it was honourable . The circumstances redound equally to Mr. Kemble's good feeling and to his Grace's ex- cellence of heart . So long ...
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... Duke has a right to command me . " Ac- cordingly , he attended the present Duke for some time , giving him lessons on elocution . But no satisfactory return for his superintendance was made , or even seemed to be contemplated by the ...
... Duke has a right to command me . " Ac- cordingly , he attended the present Duke for some time , giving him lessons on elocution . But no satisfactory return for his superintendance was made , or even seemed to be contemplated by the ...
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Página 16 - Hear, Nature, hear! dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful. Into her womb convey sterility; Dry up in her the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her!
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Página 15 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 285 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 47 - The other shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Página 47 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Página 67 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Página 183 - A Series of Engravings, Accompanied with Explanations, Which Are Intended To Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.