La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE . 2. Three WHOLE - LENGTH FIGURES in the FASHIONS of the SEASON , COLOURED , 3. An ORIGINAL SONG , set to Music for the Harp and Piano - forte ; composed exclu- sively for this Work , by Mr. Hook . 4. Two elegant ...
... DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE . 2. Three WHOLE - LENGTH FIGURES in the FASHIONS of the SEASON , COLOURED , 3. An ORIGINAL SONG , set to Music for the Harp and Piano - forte ; composed exclu- sively for this Work , by Mr. Hook . 4. Two elegant ...
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... DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE . HER GRACE THE DUCHESS wholly directed to private theatricals . Her DEVONSHIRE , who has lately been elevated | Ladyship took a lead in the amusements of ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS . HYMENEA IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND ...
... DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE . HER GRACE THE DUCHESS wholly directed to private theatricals . Her DEVONSHIRE , who has lately been elevated | Ladyship took a lead in the amusements of ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS . HYMENEA IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND ...
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... Duchess of Devonshire . Her Ladyship was married in the year 1780 , to the present Earl of Besborough , then Viscount Duncannon . Her Lady - and the seducements of fashion . Her ship has issue by the present marriage | Ladyship ...
... Duchess of Devonshire . Her Ladyship was married in the year 1780 , to the present Earl of Besborough , then Viscount Duncannon . Her Lady - and the seducements of fashion . Her ship has issue by the present marriage | Ladyship ...
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... Duchess of Devonshire , 59 Hon . Mrs. Damer , 115 Mrs. Fitzherbert , 211 Le Chevalier D'Eon , 259 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS . Account of a Book entitled " The Regulations and Establishment of Henry A. Percy , the fifth Earl of ...
... Duchess of Devonshire , 59 Hon . Mrs. Damer , 115 Mrs. Fitzherbert , 211 Le Chevalier D'Eon , 259 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS . Account of a Book entitled " The Regulations and Establishment of Henry A. Percy , the fifth Earl of ...
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... Duchess of Devonshire Five Ditto No. 3. Hon . Mrs. Damer Four Ditto No. 4. Countess of Besborongh Four Ditto No 5. Mrs. Fitzherbert Four Ditto No.6 , Chevalier D'Eon , Teur Disto 20.7 ( Supplement ) Portrait of Milton ... INDEX .
... Duchess of Devonshire Five Ditto No. 3. Hon . Mrs. Damer Four Ditto No. 4. Countess of Besborongh Four Ditto No 5. Mrs. Fitzherbert Four Ditto No.6 , Chevalier D'Eon , Teur Disto 20.7 ( Supplement ) Portrait of Milton ... INDEX .
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...