History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . XL 1720 . selves partaken of it . They opened 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
... " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . XL 1720 . selves partaken of it . They opened 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
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... perhaps , was " For an Undertaking which shall in " due time be revealed . " Each subscriber was to pay down two guineas , and hereafter to receive a share of one hundred with a disclosure of the object ; and so tempting was the offer ...
... perhaps , was " For an Undertaking which shall in " due time be revealed . " Each subscriber was to pay down two guineas , and hereafter to receive a share of one hundred with a disclosure of the object ; and so tempting was the offer ...
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... perhaps even with the thanks , of their personal adherents ? Meanwhile the German ministers and mistresses , full of fear for themselves , and in utter ignorance of England , were whispering , it is said , the wildest schemes . One ...
... perhaps even with the thanks , of their personal adherents ? Meanwhile the German ministers and mistresses , full of fear for themselves , and in utter ignorance of England , were whispering , it is said , the wildest schemes . One ...
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... perhaps , could be taken . But those persons in the administration accused of similar peculation were Secretary Craggs , his father the Postmaster- General , Mr. Charles Stanhope , Secretary of the Treasury , Mr. Aislabie , and the Earl ...
... perhaps , could be taken . But those persons in the administration accused of similar peculation were Secretary Craggs , his father the Postmaster- General , Mr. Charles Stanhope , Secretary of the Treasury , Mr. Aislabie , and the Earl ...
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... perhaps - been thus addressed by a projector or a prophet : " With that vapour which you see rising from the " tea - urn will I do the work of hundreds of " thousands of men . - I will ride without horses . " I will sail against wind ...
... perhaps - been thus addressed by a projector or a prophet : " With that vapour which you see rising from the " tea - urn will I do the work of hundreds of " thousands of men . - I will ride without horses . " I will sail against wind ...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ... Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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66 CHAP affairs afterwards answer appears Appendix became Bill Bishop Atterbury Bolingbroke Brodrick to Lord Carteret Chesterfield Court Coxe's Walpole death declared defence Duchess of Kendal Duke of Newcastle Earl Emperor England English favour Fleury France friends genius George Gibraltar Government Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords Jacobites James John Barnard King King's Lady less letter LITERA Lockhart Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madame de Prie Madrid Majesty measures Memoirs ment Minister nation never object observed occasion opposition Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney Queen received resentment restoration Ripperda Robert Walpole Royal says scarcely Schaub Secretary seems sent Sir Robert Sir William Wyndham South Sea Company Spain Spanish speech spirit Sunderland Swift talents thought Tories treaty treaty of Hanover TURE Walpole's Wharton Whigs William Stanhope writes Wyndham XVII XVIII
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Side 326 - ... 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 xxvi - ... talked to him as if he had been really present, and answered my own questions in my lord's voice as nearly as I could imitate it. I walked up and down, as if we were conversing together, till I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards. I then thought proper to make off also. I opened the door, and stood half in it, that those in the outward chamber might hear what I said ; but held it so close, that they could not look in. I bid my lord a formal farewell for that...
Side 85 - 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
Side 307 - 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 326 - 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 179 - That it is an indignity to , and a breach of the privilege of this house , for any person to presume to give, in written or printed newspapers, any account or minutes of the debates, or other proceedings of this house or of any committee thereof; and that upon discovery of the outhors , etc. this house will proceed against the offenders with the utmost severity.
Side 315 - I don't know how it is, but she said very right : there is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old age, as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago.
Side 163 - 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 360 - 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 52 - The plots, in that kingdom, are usually the workmanship of those persons who desire to raise their own characters of profound politicians; to restore new vigour to a crazy administration; to stifle or divert general discontents; to fill their coffers with forfeitures; and raise, or sink the opinion of public credit, as either shall best answer their private advantage.