Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining KnowledgeR. Gibson, 1809 |
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الصفحة 630 - During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the Officer and Soldier ; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his Country called him, the post of honour ; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
الصفحة 630 - Arrived at the age of 40 years, I may indulge the hope of living long enough to educate in my views and sentiments the children which it may please Providence to give me. God knows how much such a resolution has cost my heart; but there is no sacrifice beyond my courage, when it is proved to me to be necessary to the welfare of France.
الصفحة 340 - I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
الصفحة 302 - A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, And curs of low degree.
الصفحة 302 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain his private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.
الصفحة 645 - In the Earl of Clare we find a man eminently gifted with talents adapted either for a blessing or a curse to the nation he inhabited ; but, early enveloped in high and dazzling authority, he lost his way ; and considering his power as a victory, he ruled his country as a conquest. Warm but indiscriminate in his friendships, equally indiscriminate and implacable in his animosities, he carried to the grave the passions of his childhood...
الصفحة 609 - August, they take their honey, which they do in the day time also, the bees being thereby, say they, disturbed the least; beginning at the outside, and so taking away, until they have left only such a quantity of combs in the middle as they judge will be sufficient to maintain the bees in winter ; sweeping those bees that are on the combs into the basket again, and covering them anew with sticks and plaster.
الصفحة 341 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
الصفحة 630 - My cousin, prince arch-chancellor, — I dispatched to you a private letter, dated this day, to direct you to repair to my cabinet, for the purpose of communicating to you the resolution which I and the empress, my dearest consort, have taken.
الصفحة 645 - ... the fatal principle which misguided his conduct ; and Ireland became divided between the friends of his patronage, the slaves of his power, and the enemies to his tyranny. " His character had no medium, his manners no mediocrity : the example of his extremes was adopted by his intimates, and excited in those who knew him feelings either of warm attachment or of riveted aversion. " While he held the seals in Ireland, he united a vigorous capacity with the most striking errors.