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 54
... took his sword and papers , which they placed in a window while they proceeded with their search . But their negligence gave Kelly an opportunity of recovering his weapon , and of threatening to run through the first man that came near ...
... took his sword and papers , which they placed in a window while they proceeded with their search . But their negligence gave Kelly an opportunity of recovering his weapon , and of threatening to run through the first man that came near ...
Side 65
... took an early 1723 . occasion to repel the imputation in the House of Lords . Cowper , especially , said that after having on so many occasions , and in the most difficult times , given undoubted proofs of his zeal for the Protestant ...
... took an early 1723 . occasion to repel the imputation in the House of Lords . Cowper , especially , said that after having on so many occasions , and in the most difficult times , given undoubted proofs of his zeal for the Protestant ...
Side 66
... took part : he died the same year , on the 10th of 1723. October , of a strangury . On his death - bed , he ordered that his son should never travel . * His memory deserves high respect in him a profound knowledge of law was supported ...
... took part : he died the same year , on the 10th of 1723. October , of a strangury . On his death - bed , he ordered that his son should never travel . * His memory deserves high respect in him a profound knowledge of law was supported ...
Side 70
... took not one shilling for dilapidations ; " and the rest of my income has all been spent as " that of a Bishop should be , in hospitality and 66 charity . . . . . Was I influenced by any dislike of " the Established Religion , any ...
... took not one shilling for dilapidations ; " and the rest of my income has all been spent as " that of a Bishop should be , in hospitality and 66 charity . . . . . Was I influenced by any dislike of " the Established Religion , any ...
Side 71
... took " for its support at junctures when it was thought 1723 . expedient for the state to seem to neglect public 66 66 66 liberty , in order , I suppose , to secure it . . . . ... " I am here , my Lords , and have been here , ex ...
... took " for its support at junctures when it was thought 1723 . expedient for the state to seem to neglect public 66 66 66 liberty , in order , I suppose , to secure it . . . . ... " I am here , my Lords , and have been here , ex ...
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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.