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 páginas |
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... Printing and Printers , of Tindal's New Testa- Portland Vase in the British Mu- seum , 331 240 245 • 288 · 268 123 240 7 56 188 ment , Press , first English , 189 · • 190 • Thames Tunnel , Things to be Done at Once ,
... Printing and Printers , of Tindal's New Testa- Portland Vase in the British Mu- seum , 331 240 245 • 288 · 268 123 240 7 56 188 ment , Press , first English , 189 · • 190 • Thames Tunnel , Things to be Done at Once ,
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... ment to the profession , he had de- dead man still kept his eyes fixed termined to desert ; that he had in- on him . The professor then retired , trusted his secret to a kind of crimp , step by step , with his eye still fixed a fellow ...
... ment to the profession , he had de- dead man still kept his eyes fixed termined to desert ; that he had in- on him . The professor then retired , trusted his secret to a kind of crimp , step by step , with his eye still fixed a fellow ...
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... ment , the supra - orbital nerve was touched , when the muscles of the face were thrown into frightful ac- tions and contortions . The scene was hideous , and many spectators left the room ; and one gentleman nearly fainted , either ...
... ment , the supra - orbital nerve was touched , when the muscles of the face were thrown into frightful ac- tions and contortions . The scene was hideous , and many spectators left the room ; and one gentleman nearly fainted , either ...
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... ment of synthesis , so effective in his hand , has never since been grasped by one who could use it for such purposes ; and we gaze at it with admiring curiosity , as on some gi- gantic implement of war , which stands idle among the ...
... ment of synthesis , so effective in his hand , has never since been grasped by one who could use it for such purposes ; and we gaze at it with admiring curiosity , as on some gi- gantic implement of war , which stands idle among the ...
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... ment in the Tower . Only a small portion of the work was published , owing to the following singular cir- cumstance : -One afternoon looking through his window into one of the courts in the Tower , Sir Walter saw two men quarrel , when ...
... ment in the Tower . Only a small portion of the work was published , owing to the following singular cir- cumstance : -One afternoon looking through his window into one of the courts in the Tower , Sir Walter saw two men quarrel , when ...
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Página 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.
Página 110 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.