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Page 306
... for either complete failure , or complete success , usually attends ambitious , not to say presumptuous , attempts of this kind . The present one is , however , about as far removed from the one of these extremes as from the other .
... for either complete failure , or complete success , usually attends ambitious , not to say presumptuous , attempts of this kind . The present one is , however , about as far removed from the one of these extremes as from the other .
Page 357
The projectors of this superb work , aware of this impossibility , undertook the task of forming a complete model of the whole of the majestic pile in ivory , on a scale of three inches to ten feet . It was commenced at Delhi , by the ...
The projectors of this superb work , aware of this impossibility , undertook the task of forming a complete model of the whole of the majestic pile in ivory , on a scale of three inches to ten feet . It was commenced at Delhi , by the ...
Page 570
He was building a church in his native village , which , it is said , he has bequeathed funds to complete . urged the King in behalf of another clergyman ; but George the Third would not break his promise .
He was building a church in his native village , which , it is said , he has bequeathed funds to complete . urged the King in behalf of another clergyman ; but George the Third would not break his promise .
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