The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston: With Selections from His Diaries and Correspondence, Volum 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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... masterly capa- city . No official situation , therefore , found him unequal to it ; whilst it is still more remarkable that he never aspired to any situation prematurely . Ambitious , he was devoid 18 BOOK I. THE LIFE OF.
... masterly capa- city . No official situation , therefore , found him unequal to it ; whilst it is still more remarkable that he never aspired to any situation prematurely . Ambitious , he was devoid 18 BOOK I. THE LIFE OF.
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... never marrying , and I suppose you think the same , as you must have read as well as myself of the many faults and vices of women . am an English Pray salute for knew in Italy . " Perhaps I at Bologna may have learnt more Greek than you ...
... never marrying , and I suppose you think the same , as you must have read as well as myself of the many faults and vices of women . am an English Pray salute for knew in Italy . " Perhaps I at Bologna may have learnt more Greek than you ...
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... of Edinburgh as an inter- mediate preparation for that of Cambridge or Oxford ; for Scotland at that period had acquired a reputation both in philosophy and history which she never previously pos- sessed , 24 BOOK I. THE LIFE OF.
... of Edinburgh as an inter- mediate preparation for that of Cambridge or Oxford ; for Scotland at that period had acquired a reputation both in philosophy and history which she never previously pos- sessed , 24 BOOK I. THE LIFE OF.
Side 25
... never previously pos- sessed , and has not since fully maintained . This pre- eminence may be accounted for by the writings of Hume , Robertson , Dugald Stewart , and Adam Smith ; and also by the variety of distinguished scholars who ...
... never previously pos- sessed , and has not since fully maintained . This pre- eminence may be accounted for by the writings of Hume , Robertson , Dugald Stewart , and Adam Smith ; and also by the variety of distinguished scholars who ...
Side 27
... never can obliterate . After the example , however , of fortitude and resignation set us by a being who was the model of every human excellence , it would be criminal in us not to imitate the resignation as well as every other ...
... never can obliterate . After the example , however , of fortitude and resignation set us by a being who was the model of every human excellence , it would be criminal in us not to imitate the resignation as well as every other ...
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The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston: With Selections ..., Volum 1 Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston: With Selections ..., Volum 1 Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1871 |
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Side 89 - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
Side 324 - One condition required was that I should never, even for the election, set foot in the place ; so jealous was the patron lest any attempt should be made to get a new interest in the borough.
Side 125 - Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from...
Side 23 - Terence, Ovid, Homer, Greek Testament, and a collection of Greek epigrams, and after the Easter holidays, which are now drawing near, I shall begin Virgil, Horace, and some more. I am perfectly of your opinion concerning drinking and swearing, which, though fashionable at present, I think extremely ungentlemanlike ; as for getting drunk, I can find no pleasure in it.
Side 75 - ... a different course of policy towards the Catholics of Ireland. These opinions they have never concealed from your Majesty ; they continue strongly impressed with them ; and it is obviously indispensable to their public characters that they should openly avow them, both on the present occasion, and in the possible event of the discussion of the Catholic Petition in Parliament...
Side 271 - ... and papers now to be produced. In the last chapter it was shown that great excitement had been caused by the Clare election, and by the speech of Mr. Dawson (Peel's brother-in-law) at Deny, in which a policy of surrender seemed to be hinted at. " The Clare election," as Lord Palmerston declared, " began a new era, and was an epoch in the history of Ireland"!
Side 28 - Lord Randolph Churchill had only just resigned his position as Leader of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he still towered in the forefront of politics.
Side 193 - whom the king," says Lord Palmerston (in a short portion of his biography, which I have not quoted here in extenso, because its substance is repeated in the letters I have given), "had thrown like a live shell into the Cabinet to explode and blow us all up.