The r-l register, with annotations by another handJ. Bew, 1779 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
alfo almoſt alſo beſt buſineſs caufe cauſes character Chriftian circumftances conduct confequence confiderable confidered Conftitution converfation Country defcendants deferves defign degree difgrace difpofed difpofitions dignity diſcovered duty eaſe employed engage exert fame favour fcience feems feldom fhall fhare fhould filly fingular fion firſt fituation fociety fome fortune fplendid fplendor ftation fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed give glory Government Great-Britain Gwyn himſelf honeft honour Houfe Houſe inconfiderable induſtry interefts itſelf Juftice juſtify King LoG Kingdom leaft lefs ligion Lord means meaſures ment military moft Monarch moſt muft muſt natural neceffary neceffity never noble Nobleman obferve object occafion opinion paffed Paffion perfon pleaſure poffefs political prefent preferved Prince principle profeffion profperity proof purpoſe purſuit racter rank reafon refpect reign Ruffia Sardinia ſhare ſhe ſpirit talents thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uſed vices Virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wiſhes
Passatges populars
Pàgina 17 - Tacitus, and Seneca the philofopher, merit approbation. But I have always thought, that thofe pompous Roman fentiments are not fo difficult to be produced, as is vulgarly imagined; and which, indeed, dazzle only the vulgar. A ftroke of nature is, in my opinion, worth a hundred fuch thoughts as " When vice prevails, and impious men bear fway, The poft of honour is a private ftation.
Pàgina 141 - ... It is not believed even at this time, by many people who live in the world, that he [King George] had a mistress previous to his marriage. Such a circumstance was reported by many, believed by some, disputed by others, but proved by none ; and with such a suitable caution was this intrigue conducted that if the body of the people called Quakers, of which this young lady in question was a member, had not divulged the fact by the public proceedings of their meeting concerning it, it would in all...
Pàgina 9 - Prelacy, of the moft inferior kind : — indeed, it is there, or in the neighbourhood, that the tradition of the place fuppofes her to have been born. From thence, by one of the many...
Pàgina 11 - Gwyn, who was very low in stature, speak an epilogue under the umbrella of it, with its brim stretched out in its utmost horizontal extension. No sooner did she appear in this strange dress, than the house was in convulsions of laughter.
Pàgina 16 - Fields ; to the ringers of which, among many valuable donations to others, lhe left a fum of money, to fupply them with a weekly entertainment, which they enjoy to this day. Dr. Tennifon, afterwards Archbifhop of Canterbury, preached her...
Pàgina 15 - Shafteftury, &c. till they left the bounds of decency ; — when fhe never failed to retire. She lived long enough to fee, and, without doubt, to lament, the decline of that Family which had raifed her to rank and fortune; having the good fenfe to avoid intermeddling with the politics of...
Pàgina 14 - As a proof how much flie was in the favour of the People, an eminent Goldfmith, who died about twenty-five years ago, in the feventy-ninth year of his age, has often been heard to relate, that, when he was an apprentice, his...
Pàgina 16 - Here fhe died in the year 1691, 'and was buried with great funeral folemnity in the parifh church of St. Martin's in the Fields ; to the ringers of which, among many valuable donations to 'others, fhe left a turn of money, to fupply them with weekly entertainment, which they enjoy to this day.