Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1837 |
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Page 288 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 39 - ... began to grow too small to gratify them ; and how, with a bottle of water, a bed, and a blanket, we set out to seek our fortunes ; and how we found a great house with nothing in it ; and how it was like to remain so till, looking into our knowledge-boxes, we happened to find a little laming...
Page 47 - The peers made her a slight bow. The prisoner was dressed in deep mourning ; a black hood on her head ; her hair modestly dressed and powdered ; a black silk sacque, with crape trimmings ; black gauze, deep ruffles, and black gloves. The counsel spoke about an hour and a quarter each. Dunning's manner is insufferably bad, coughing and spitting at every three words, but his sense and his expression pointed to the last degree : he made her Grace shed bitter tears.
Page 88 - On Wednesday night we came to the Adelphi, — to this house ! She bore it with great tranquillity ; but what was my surprise, to see her go alone into the chamber and bed in which he had died that day fortnight. She had a delight in it beyond expression. I asked her the next day how she went through it ? She told me very well ; that she first prayed with great composure, then went and kissed the dear bed, and got into it with a sad pleasure."* The funeral obsequies of Garrick were performed with...
Page 207 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 215 - ... a public confession of his faith in his will. He said he would, seized the pen with great earnestness, and asked what was the usual form of beginning a will. His friend told him. After the usual forms he wrote, ' I offer up my soul to the great and merciful God ; I offer it full of pollution, but in full assurance that it will be cleansed in the blood of my Redeemer.
Page 288 - When he told them further, that "he saw the heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God...
Page 39 - I love you all five — I never was at Bristol — I will come on purpose to see you — what ! five women live happily together ! — I will come and see you — I have spent a happy evening — I am glad I came — God for ever bless you ; you live lives to shame duchesses.
Page 220 - Boswell tells me,' she writes, 'he is printing anecdotes of Johnson, not his Life, but, as he has the vanity to call it, his pyramid. I besought his tenderness for our virtuous and most revered departed friend, and begged he would mitigate some of his asperities. He said roughly : " He would not cut off his claws, nor make a tiger a cat, to please anybody.