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... night . - Lord George Gordon sent to the Tower -The writer's sensations and reflections on the subsidence of the riots- Melancholy situation of Lady Westmorland , sister of Lord George- Selwyn's bon - mot - Rumour of a conflagration at ...
... night . - Lord George Gordon sent to the Tower -The writer's sensations and reflections on the subsidence of the riots- Melancholy situation of Lady Westmorland , sister of Lord George- Selwyn's bon - mot - Rumour of a conflagration at ...
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... night is a long interval on such an occa- sion ; and , though some still say that they believe Washington beaten , they do not use , I observe , much stronger terms than received a check . One has heard of towns burnt to the ground ...
... night is a long interval on such an occa- sion ; and , though some still say that they believe Washington beaten , they do not use , I observe , much stronger terms than received a check . One has heard of towns burnt to the ground ...
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... night , I will order my coffin and pair , and appear to her . I want to ask when your Ladyship will do me the honour to dine in my burying - ground ; but till I have been at the Princess's to- night , I do not know when I shall be at ...
... night , I will order my coffin and pair , and appear to her . I want to ask when your Ladyship will do me the honour to dine in my burying - ground ; but till I have been at the Princess's to- night , I do not know when I shall be at ...
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... night came news from Carleton at Quebec , which indeed had come from France earlier , announcing the total anni- hilation ( as to America ) of Burgoyne's army . Carleton declares he has no authentic information ; but from all the ...
... night came news from Carleton at Quebec , which indeed had come from France earlier , announcing the total anni- hilation ( as to America ) of Burgoyne's army . Carleton declares he has no authentic information ; but from all the ...
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... night with a swelled finger , but it is gone ; and this evening it has snowed . However , I am not in a mood to be disheartened easily ; and as your Ladyship's spirits seem to be affected with every sort of wind that blows , my ...
... night with a swelled finger , but it is gone ; and this evening it has snowed . However , I am not in a mood to be disheartened easily ; and as your Ladyship's spirits seem to be affected with every sort of wind that blows , my ...
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Page 393 - Good night, Madam, till I receive your letter. Monday morning, the 12th. Disappointed ! disappointed ! not a line from your Ladyship ; I will not send away this till I hear from you. Last night, at Hampton Court, I heard of two Popish chapels demolished at Bath, and one at Bristol. My coachman has just been in Twickenham, and says half Bath is burnt ; I trust this is but the natural progress of lies, that increase like a chairman's legs by walking. Mercy on us ! we seem to be plunging into the horrors...
Page 51 - The Old Baron,' a Gothic story,' professedly written in imitation of Otranto, but reduced to reason and probability! It is so probable, that any trial for murder at the Old Bailey would make a more interesting story.
Page 145 - General is said to have answered, " that he was not worth purchasing, but, such as he was, the King of Great Britain was not rich enough to do it.
Page 327 - O'Birne, an Irish gamester, had won one hundred thousand pounds of a young Mr. Harvey of Chigwell, just started from a midshipman ' into an estate by his elder brother's death. O'Birne said, " You can never pay me." " I can," said the youth ; " my estate will sell for the debt.
Page 316 - The scene is laid in Gothic chivalry ; where a beautiful imagination, supported by strength of judgment, has enabled the author to go beyond his subject, and effect the full purpose of the ancient tragedy ; that is, to purge the passions by pity and terror, in colouring as great and harmonious as in any of the best dramatic writers.
Page 191 - ... brains with the pistol, and is more wounded by those blows than by the ball Lord Sandwich was at home expecting her to supper at half an hour after ten. On her not returning an hour later, he said something must have happened : however, being tired, he went to bed...
Page 401 - How I abominate Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander, who routed the poor Otaheitans out of the centre of the ocean, and carried our abominable passions amongst them ! not even that poor little speck could escape European restlessness.
Page 170 - Yes, madam, I do think the pomp of Garrick's funeral perfectly ridiculous. It is confounding the immense space between pleasing talents and national services. What distinctions remain for a patriot hero when the most solemn have been showered on a player?
Page 158 - Davis and such cavillers might go a short step farther, and insist that an author should peruse every work antecedently written, on every subject at all collateral to his own, — not to assist him, but to be sure to avoid every material touched by his predecessors. I will make but one remark on such divine champions. Davis and his prototypes tell you Middleton, &c. have used the same objections, and they have been confuted ; answering, in the Theologic Dictionary, signifying confuting, no matter...
Page 283 - Mr. Fox to fire ; to which Mr. Fox replied, " Sir, I have no quarrel with you, do you fire," Mr. Adam then fired, and wounded Mr. Fox, which we believe was not at all perceived by Mr. Adam, as it was not distinctly seen by either of ourselves. Mr. Fox then fired, without effect. We then interfered, asking Mr. Adam if he was satisfied. Mr. Adam replied, " Will Mr. Fox declare he meant no personal attack upon my character ?