Cyclopædia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the Characters, Habits and Conversation of Men of Letters and ScienceWilliam Keddie |
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... sued moral with the same ardour as poetical ; had his regard for cha- racter and decorum equalled his poverty and his love of dissipation ; he might have lived to be the ad- de- miration of the great , the wonder terity with delight.
... sued moral with the same ardour as poetical ; had his regard for cha- racter and decorum equalled his poverty and his love of dissipation ; he might have lived to be the ad- de- miration of the great , the wonder terity with delight.
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... racter he had acquired amongst scientific men by a paper he had already published in those " Trans- actions " on the " Cuckoo ! " Before the publication of this work , Jenner had been his calumniators . went up to London for the purpose ...
... racter he had acquired amongst scientific men by a paper he had already published in those " Trans- actions " on the " Cuckoo ! " Before the publication of this work , Jenner had been his calumniators . went up to London for the purpose ...
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... racter , with bumps ' of wit , large and radiant enough to transport a phrenologist . In this particular he strongly resembled Sterne . His eyes were as dark and fine as you would wish to see under a set of vine - leaves ; his mouth ...
... racter , with bumps ' of wit , large and radiant enough to transport a phrenologist . In this particular he strongly resembled Sterne . His eyes were as dark and fine as you would wish to see under a set of vine - leaves ; his mouth ...
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... racter . She was the Cassandra of dictions warranted her to conceive her age ; and several of her pre- she was a prophetess . As her pro- phecies , in the troubled times of Charles I. , were usually against the government , she was at ...
... racter . She was the Cassandra of dictions warranted her to conceive her age ; and several of her pre- she was a prophetess . As her pro- phecies , in the troubled times of Charles I. , were usually against the government , she was at ...
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... racter in it , called Unlucky Joe ; whose heart had been withered , then Up the Rhine , the result of a whose capacity for happiness was residence on the banks of that hur - gone and could not be restored , but rying river ; then Hood's ...
... racter in it , called Unlucky Joe ; whose heart had been withered , then Up the Rhine , the result of a whose capacity for happiness was residence on the banks of that hur - gone and could not be restored , but rying river ; then Hood's ...
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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.