Historical and literary celebrities, selected from Chambers's papers for the people |
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... . FICHTE : A ' BIOGRAPHY . HEYNE : A BIOGRAPHY . RAJAH BROOKE AND BORNEO . WASHINGTON AND HIS COTEMPORARIES . CROMWELL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . EBENEZER ELLIOTT . LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . She HE last relic of the Buonapartes was found ...
... . FICHTE : A ' BIOGRAPHY . HEYNE : A BIOGRAPHY . RAJAH BROOKE AND BORNEO . WASHINGTON AND HIS COTEMPORARIES . CROMWELL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . EBENEZER ELLIOTT . LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU . She HE last relic of the Buonapartes was found ...
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... Beauharnais , her first husband's elder brother - without , however , engaging the young lady's affections in return . This Francis de Beauharnais was an emigrant , and consequently 16 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
... Beauharnais , her first husband's elder brother - without , however , engaging the young lady's affections in return . This Francis de Beauharnais was an emigrant , and consequently 16 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
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... lady of Baltimore , a Miss Paterson , whom , in 1805 , he brought to Europe as his bride . Napoleon , however , refused to allow her even to land on any part of the continent , and she was obliged to seek a refuge in England . He took ...
... lady of Baltimore , a Miss Paterson , whom , in 1805 , he brought to Europe as his bride . Napoleon , however , refused to allow her even to land on any part of the continent , and she was obliged to seek a refuge in England . He took ...
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... lady was of a satirical vein , and touched up with biting humour the foibles of her imperial uncles and aunts , not sparing the old grandmamma herself ; therefore , by the unanimous verdict of the council , she was adjudged to be sent ...
... lady was of a satirical vein , and touched up with biting humour the foibles of her imperial uncles and aunts , not sparing the old grandmamma herself ; therefore , by the unanimous verdict of the council , she was adjudged to be sent ...
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... ladies to be too familiar with her by dipping their fingers into her dish , rolling upon the bed , and similar elegancies . ' Law , it appears from these memoirs , had submitted his scheme to Louis XIV .; but the tempting bait was ...
... ladies to be too familiar with her by dipping their fingers into her dish , rolling upon the bed , and similar elegancies . ' Law , it appears from these memoirs , had submitted his scheme to Louis XIV .; but the tempting bait was ...
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31. oldal - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
31. oldal - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
4. oldal - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
4. oldal - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
9. oldal - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
31. oldal - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
23. oldal - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
3. oldal - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
31. oldal - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!