The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 12
Page 149
... CALCUTTA . THE impression made upon every pious and thinking mind in the country , by the melancholy tidings of the death of this apostolic prelate , was such as can never be effaced . In Bishop Middleton the church of England has lost ...
... CALCUTTA . THE impression made upon every pious and thinking mind in the country , by the melancholy tidings of the death of this apostolic prelate , was such as can never be effaced . In Bishop Middleton the church of England has lost ...
Page 152
... Bishop of Calcutta . Earnestly dissuaded , as he was , from accepting this high but perilous dignity , he paused , and after some consider- ation sent in a decided refusal . Upon a repetition of the offer , however , his mind became ...
... Bishop of Calcutta . Earnestly dissuaded , as he was , from accepting this high but perilous dignity , he paused , and after some consider- ation sent in a decided refusal . Upon a repetition of the offer , however , his mind became ...
Page 154
... Calcutta , for the following purposes : 1. For instructing native and other ... Bishop of St. David's , which his Lordship has obligingly communicated to us ... BISHOP MIDDLETON .
... Calcutta , for the following purposes : 1. For instructing native and other ... Bishop of St. David's , which his Lordship has obligingly communicated to us ... BISHOP MIDDLETON .
Page 156
... CALCUTTA . " The illness which led to Dr. Middleton's lamented death , 156 BISHOP MIDDLETON .
... CALCUTTA . " The illness which led to Dr. Middleton's lamented death , 156 BISHOP MIDDLETON .
Page 157
... Calcutta . Here he appeared in the full possession of his usual health and ... bishop was again seized with a violent paroxysm of fever ; he walked about ... BISHOP MIDDLETON . 157.
... Calcutta . Here he appeared in the full possession of his usual health and ... bishop was again seized with a violent paroxysm of fever ; he walked about ... BISHOP MIDDLETON . 157.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Admiral afterwards Angerstein appeared appointed army attack attention Baillie became Bishop Bishop of Calcutta brigade British brother Captain celebrated character Colonel command cowpox daughter death disease distinguished Duke Duke of Wellington Dumouriez duty Earl St effect eminent enemy enemy's England expression father favour feelings fleet Foudroyant France French George George Beckwith Glenbervie guns Henry Raeburn honour Hope House Hutton Jenner JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Kemble Kemble's King late letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General London Lord Lord Keith Lordship Majesty Majesty's Major-General manner married ment mind Mysteries of Udolpho nature naval never noble Nollekens observed occasion officers parliament person physician picture Playfair possession present profession racter Radcliffe received regiment respect retired Royal Schanck ships Sir David Baird Sir Henry Sir John Jervis smallpox Society soon squadron talents tion took troops vaccination Vincent William wounded
Popular passages
Page 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Page 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Page 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Page 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Page 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Page 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Page 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Page 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Page 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.