History of England Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne Until the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Volum 2J. Murray, 1837 |
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Side 4
... object being to improve public credit , and to provide for the floating debts , which at that period amounted to nearly 10,000,000l . The Lord Treasurer , therefore , established a fund for that sum . He secured the interest by making ...
... object being to improve public credit , and to provide for the floating debts , which at that period amounted to nearly 10,000,000l . The Lord Treasurer , therefore , established a fund for that sum . He secured the interest by making ...
Side 5
... , once a scrivener , and then a leading South Sea Director , laid before Stanhope , as chief minister , a proposal for this object . He was re- XI . CHAP . ferred by Stanhope to Sunderland , B 3 FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 5.
... , once a scrivener , and then a leading South Sea Director , laid before Stanhope , as chief minister , a proposal for this object . He was re- XI . CHAP . ferred by Stanhope to Sunderland , B 3 FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 5.
Side 6
... object was to reduce the irredeemable Annuities granted in the two last reigns , for the term , mostly , of 99 years , and amounting at this time to nearly 800,000l . a year . But when the ques- tion came on in the House of Commons , a ...
... object was to reduce the irredeemable Annuities granted in the two last reigns , for the term , mostly , of 99 years , and amounting at this time to nearly 800,000l . a year . But when the ques- tion came on in the House of Commons , a ...
Side 12
... object of Stanhope's journey in January to re - establish harmony ; but finding the two Scotsmen irrecon- cilable ... objects , most brilliant and spirited in its exe- cution . § But this last great error kept him under * Mém . de la ...
... object of Stanhope's journey in January to re - establish harmony ; but finding the two Scotsmen irrecon- cilable ... objects , most brilliant and spirited in its exe- cution . § But this last great error kept him under * Mém . de la ...
Side 16
... objects : we find amongst the number , " Wrecks to be fished for on " the Irish Coast - Insurance of Horses , and other " Cattle ( two millions ) - Insurance of Losses by " Servants To make Salt Water Fresh For 66 - - building of ...
... objects : we find amongst the number , " Wrecks to be fished for on " the Irish Coast - Insurance of Horses , and other " Cattle ( two millions ) - Insurance of Losses by " Servants To make Salt Water Fresh For 66 - - building of ...
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66 CHAP affairs afterwards answer appeared Bill Bishop Atterbury Bolingbroke Brodrick Carteret Chesterfield Church Court Coxe's Walpole death declared DISM Duchess of Kendal Duke of Newcastle Duke of Wharton Earl Emperor endeavoured England English favour Fleury France friends George Gibraltar Government hand Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons Inverness Jacobites James James's King King's Lady less letter Lockhart Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madame de Prie Madrid Majesty measures Memoirs ment METHO minister nation never observed occasion opposition Ostend Company Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope present Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney Queen received restoration Ripperda Royal says scarcely Schaub scheme Scotland Secretary seems sent Sir Robert Sir William Wyndham South Sea South Sea Company Spain Spanish speech spirit Sunderland Swift thing thought Tories treaty treaty of Hanover Vienna Walpole's Wesley Whigs William Stanhope writes Wyndham XVII
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Side 175 - And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Side 344 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.
Side 270 - the same proscribed man, surrounded with difficulties, exposed to mortifications, and unable to take any share in the service, but that which I have taken hitherto, and which, I think, you would not persuade me to take in the present state of things. My part is over, and he who remains on the stage after his part is over, deserves to be hissed off.
Side 344 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Side xli - Nithsdale, that he might not pretend to be ignorant of my person. But, perceiving that he wanted to go off without receiving my petition, I caught hold of the skirt of his coat, that he might stop and hear me.
Side 338 - On a bulk, in a cellar, or in a glasshouse, among thieves and beggars, was to be found the author of The Wanderer, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.
Side 97 - ... without suffering me to see them before he was paid, or giving me good security to restore my money for those that were lean, or shorn, or scabby, I would be none of his customer. I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he showed as a pattern to encourage purchasers: and this is directly the case in point with Mr. Wood's assay.
Side 323 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Side 380 - An't please your worship, they have convarted my wife. Till she went among them, she had such a tongue; and now she is as quiet as a lamb.' ' Carry them back, carry them back,' replied the Justice, ' and let them convert all the scolds in the town.
Side 312 - Sir Robert Walpole informed me," writes Lord Hardwicke, " of certain passages be" tween the King and himself, and between the " Queen and the Prince, of too high and secret a " nature even to be trusted to this narrative ; but " from thence I found great reason to think, that " this unhappy difference between the King and " Queen and His Royal Highness turned upon " some points of a more interesting and important " nature than have hitherto appeared.