The portrait of a Christian gentleman, a memoir of P. F. TytlerJ. Murray, 1859 - 356 strán (strany) |
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... speak- ing likeness by the hand of Raeburn . William Tytler be- came an author simply because he desired to obtain a wider audience for the opinions which he privately advocated , than conversation could supply : while his intense ...
... speak- ing likeness by the hand of Raeburn . William Tytler be- came an author simply because he desired to obtain a wider audience for the opinions which he privately advocated , than conversation could supply : while his intense ...
Strana 29
... speak of Walter Scott's frequent visits , for many days at a time , to Woodhouselee . It was a beautiful feature in his character that he required no audience of the learned or the great to draw out the charm of his conversation : he ...
... speak of Walter Scott's frequent visits , for many days at a time , to Woodhouselee . It was a beautiful feature in his character that he required no audience of the learned or the great to draw out the charm of his conversation : he ...
Strana 34
... speaking peculiarly sweet , and musical . They seemed a very happy couple ; but my mother would sometimes remark that this happiness was in some danger of being diminished by the very means they took to increase it . They were in ...
... speaking peculiarly sweet , and musical . They seemed a very happy couple ; but my mother would sometimes remark that this happiness was in some danger of being diminished by the very means they took to increase it . They were in ...
Strana 35
... speak . His straightforward , generous , and benevolent character , and his sparkling wit , have been lately so ad- mirably well described by his daughter , in the memoir of her father's life , as to leave me nothing to add ...
... speak . His straightforward , generous , and benevolent character , and his sparkling wit , have been lately so ad- mirably well described by his daughter , in the memoir of her father's life , as to leave me nothing to add ...
Strana 46
... speaking was a very dark one ; and that the zeal of such men as Simeon , Newton , Cecil , Venn , Legh Richmond , and Scott , entitles them to our deepest sympathy , however imperfectly we may be able to accept their opinions , or to ...
... speaking was a very dark one ; and that the zeal of such men as Simeon , Newton , Cecil , Venn , Legh Richmond , and Scott , entitles them to our deepest sympathy , however imperfectly we may be able to accept their opinions , or to ...
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Strana 26 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Strana 199 - But as we descended the vale of the Gala he began to gaze about him, and by degrees it was obvious that he was recognizing the features of that familiar landscape. Presently he murmured a name or two, — Gala Water, surely, — Buckholm, — Torwoodlee.