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Old and New London
… with all his personal faults, the nation may well feel proud. Cyrus Redding, in his "Fifty Years' Reminiscences," … were men of whom England and English society may well be proud. The monument to Goldsmith (who lies buried elsewhere) …
Old and New London
… helps opening buds of sense, And makes his pupils proud with silver pence, I was a poet too." Cowper. Noted … of the British Museum. That Westminster as a school is proud of its royal foundress may be inferred from the fact … of self-defence was fashionable, the Westminster boy was proud of displaying his prowess on any such occasion. There …
Old and New London
… not be able to ascribe to Her Majesty Queen Victoria that proud position among the "crowned heads" of Europe which … their tomb in the stately chapel of Henry VII. The duke's proud widow, Catherine Darnley, the natural daughter of James …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Phillips suggested it was used to 'eat away Corrupt or Proud Flesh, to cleanse old Ulcers, etc.' [Phillips (1706)]. …
Old and New London
… its bullies and swindlers waged a ceaseless war with their proud and rackety neighbours of the Temple. The dingy lane, … of Whitefriars. The young lorda man of a very ancient, proud, and noble Scotch family, as renowned for courage as … bit his lip at the fencing-master, as he strutted beneath, proud of his skill and flushed with triumph. The moment the …
Old and New London
… in all to nearly a hundred and fifty persons. Such was the proud state which "my Lord Cardinal of York" kept at … with six horses, we may as well add here that the "proud" Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy, on his release …
Old and New London
… and that soul of whim! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love; Or just …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… in the affair. The mate of the American ship, said he felt proud of having descended from such men, and also that he …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… also be willing to take that trouble, for I find him more proud and more inclined to stand upon his official dignity … that a man can be, at the same time so interested and so proud. As soon as Count Schomberg arrives, I shall send him …