 ... as the destruction of a great statesman, who had done but a small part of the good which might be expected from him, who would infallibly have risen to the highest offices, and as infallibly have filled them to the public good. Then as he had never...  Memoirs and correspondence, ed. by L. Horner - Strana 439podľa Francis Horner - 1843Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - Počet stránok 372
...reference to Miss Aston). 2 Congreve. 3 Byron (Siege of Corinth). 4 Beaumont and Fletcher. •'' Byron. But all this is gone and past; and, as Galileo said...God it should be so, and it must please me also." ' These are some of the epitaphs on the dead, and the devices in Denmark: " Not lost, but gone before."—"I... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - Počet stránok 496
...safely say, I never remember an impression so general as that excited by the death of Francis Homer. The public looked upon him as a powerful and safe...so, and it must please me also." Ever truly yours, August 26. 1842. tt 3 SYDNEY SMITH. LETTERS AMERICAN DEBTS, ii 4 LETTERS AMERICAN DEBTS, THE HUMBLE... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 436
...turn him ; he went home ; and it took us a fortnight of serious behaviour before we were forgiven.' ' As he had never lost a friend and made so few enemies,...God it should be so, and it must please me also.' ' RAMBLES IN LONDON. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. THE New Houses of Parliament form at present one of... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 586
...man, who might have lived for the glory of England, torn from us in the flower of his life ! But ail this is gone and past, and. as Galileo said of his...God it should be so, and it must please me also.' ' RAMBLES IN LONDON. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. THE New Homes of Parliament form at present one of the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - Počet stránok 580
...general as that excited by the death of Francis Horner. The public looked upon him as a powerful and a safe man, who was labouring not for himself or his...must please me also." Ever truly yours, SYDNEY SMITH. August 26. 1842. LETTERS ON RAILWAYS. LETTERS ON RAILWAYS. " LOCKING IN " ON RAILWAYS. To the Editor... | |
 | Francis Horner - 1849 - Počet stránok 398
...talents, they confided in his moderation, and they were sure of his motives ; he had improved so qnickly, and so much, that his early death was looked on as...the respect of the Society for the memory of Francis Horner, Esq. a member of this Society, a portrait of Mr Horner be procured, to be hung up in the Society's... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - Počet stránok 420
...and miserable, when I ought to be grateful and happy." When Galileo lost his sight, he exclaimed : " It has pleased God it should be so, and it must please me also." "That little fellow," said Luther of a bird going to roost, "has chosen his shelter, and is quietly... | |
 | 1852 - Počet stránok 486
...grave, a kind and good man, who might have lived for the glory of England, torn from us in the flower of life ; — but all this is gone and past; and, as...God it should be so, and it must please me also."* ART. III.— MISS MITFOKD'S LITERARY RECOLLECTIONS. jRecollectiotis of a Literary Life ; or Books,... | |
 | Francis Horner - 1853 - Počet stránok 836
...surrendered his understanding to the novelty and nonsense which infested the world at that strange asra of human affairs. I remember the death of many eminent....please me also." Ever truly yours, SYDNEY SMITH. BY LORD DUDLEY.* Extract from a letter to Mr. Tighe. " At Leghorn I visited the tomb of poor Horner. He... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - Počet stránok 502
...sure of his motives ; he had improved so quickly and so much, that his early death was looked npon as the destruction of a great statesman, who had done...please me also." Ever truly, yours, SYDNEY SMITH. COMBK FLORET, 26th August, 1842. * Homer died at Pisa, in February, 1817, in the thirty-ninth year... | |
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