The Life of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran: Late Master of the Rolls in IrelandRedfield, 1855 - 535 pages |
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... gentleman with the dirty cravat and greasy pantaloons . ' * I found this learned personage * Mr. Curran here alluded to the celebrated Mr. Flood's custom of distinguishing the speakers at the London Debating Societies by such ludicrous ...
... gentleman with the dirty cravat and greasy pantaloons . ' * I found this learned personage * Mr. Curran here alluded to the celebrated Mr. Flood's custom of distinguishing the speakers at the London Debating Societies by such ludicrous ...
Page 32
... gentleman instantly changed his invec- tives against antiquity into an invective against me , and con- cluded by a few words of friendly counsel ( horresco referens ) to ' Orator Mum , ' who he doubted not possessed wonderful talents ...
... gentleman instantly changed his invec- tives against antiquity into an invective against me , and con- cluded by a few words of friendly counsel ( horresco referens ) to ' Orator Mum , ' who he doubted not possessed wonderful talents ...
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... it is addressed , a gentleman of the most amiable and respected character , has sur- vived the writer , but his name is , at his own request , reluctantly omitted . The friendship of which the commencement of this 44 LIFE OF CURRAN .
... it is addressed , a gentleman of the most amiable and respected character , has sur- vived the writer , but his name is , at his own request , reluctantly omitted . The friendship of which the commencement of this 44 LIFE OF CURRAN .
Page 47
... gentleman seated at the other end ( it was Macklin ) started at the well - known sounds . " Pray , sir , " said the stranger , " may I venture to ask where you learned that tune ? " " Indeed , sir , " replied the whistler , in the meek ...
... gentleman seated at the other end ( it was Macklin ) started at the well - known sounds . " Pray , sir , " said the stranger , " may I venture to ask where you learned that tune ? " " Indeed , sir , " replied the whistler , in the meek ...
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... gentleman of the bar , on whose talent and fidelity he might rely , in the severe parliamentary campaigns then ( 1769 ) likely to take place . Lord Lifford , recommended Mr. Scott , who was accordingly returned to parliament , to oppose ...
... gentleman of the bar , on whose talent and fidelity he might rely , in the severe parliamentary campaigns then ( 1769 ) likely to take place . Lord Lifford , recommended Mr. Scott , who was accordingly returned to parliament , to oppose ...
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Page 38 - On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow.
Page 170 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced — no matter what complexion, incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Page 92 - Poichè fu piacere de' cittadini della bellissima e famosissima figlia di Roma, Fiorenza, di gettarmi fuori del suo dolcissimo seno (nel quale nato e nudrito fui fino al colmo della mia vita, e nel quale, con buona pace di quella, desidero con tutto il cuore di riposare l'animo...
Page 447 - Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura Che la diritta via era smarrita.
Page 388 - Scotland — a nation cast in the happy medium between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth — cool and ardent — adventurous and persevering — winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires...
Page 184 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Page 388 - Scotland — a na-tion cast in the happy medium between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth ; cool and ardent ; adventurous and persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires ; crowned as she is with the spoils of every art.
Page 357 - Diretro a me che non era più tale. Non ti dovea gravar le penne in giuso, Ad aspettar più colpi, o pargoletta, O altra vanità con sì breve uso.
Page 80 - Monks of the Screw;" Good rules he revealed to our Abbot To guide us in what we should do; But first he replenished our fountain With liquor the best in the sky; And he said, on the word of a saint, That the fountain should never run dry.
Page 177 - L'altro si chiama allegorico, e questo è quello che si nasconde sotto il manto di queste favole, ed è una verità ascosa sotto bella menzogna...