History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783, Volum 2J. Murray, 1837 |
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Side vii
... party . 210 Death of Lord Mar ... 211 Eccentricities of the Duke of Wharton .... 212 He dies in a Spanish convent 213 Bishop Atterbury neglected by James ... 214 He retires to Montpellier 215 He is joined by his daughter 216 Her illness ...
... party . 210 Death of Lord Mar ... 211 Eccentricities of the Duke of Wharton .... 212 He dies in a Spanish convent 213 Bishop Atterbury neglected by James ... 214 He retires to Montpellier 215 He is joined by his daughter 216 Her illness ...
Side 2
... party of Walpole , hopeless of overthrowing , con- sented to join them . This junction was on far from equal terms . It made no change at all in the measures , and but little in the men . Walpole re- ceived no higher place than ...
... party of Walpole , hopeless of overthrowing , con- sented to join them . This junction was on far from equal terms . It made no change at all in the measures , and but little in the men . Walpole re- ceived no higher place than ...
Side 11
... party , but of most of their opponents , it seems scarcely 1720 . just to cast the blame of the general delusion on the Ministers alone , and to speak of them as deaf to warning and precipitate to ruin . The example of these vast ...
... party , but of most of their opponents , it seems scarcely 1720 . just to cast the blame of the general delusion on the Ministers alone , and to speak of them as deaf to warning and precipitate to ruin . The example of these vast ...
Side 16
... parties ; Churchmen and Dissenters , Whigs and Tories , country gentlemen and brokers . An eager strife of tongues prevailed in this second Babel ; new reports , new subscriptions , new transfers , flew from mouth to mouth ; and the ...
... parties ; Churchmen and Dissenters , Whigs and Tories , country gentlemen and brokers . An eager strife of tongues prevailed in this second Babel ; new reports , new subscriptions , new transfers , flew from mouth to mouth ; and the ...
Side 23
... parties were strangely mixed ; some men , who had dipped in dishonest practices , hoped by 1720 . an affected severity to disarm suspicion ; others , smarting under their personal losses , were estranged from their political attachments ...
... parties were strangely mixed ; some men , who had dipped in dishonest practices , hoped by 1720 . an affected severity to disarm suspicion ; others , smarting under their personal losses , were estranged from their political attachments ...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volum 2 Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volum 2 Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles ... Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1838 |
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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 Excise favour Fleury France friends George Gibraltar Government Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons Inverness Jacobites James John Barnard King King's Lady less letter LITERA Lockhart Lord Hervey Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madrid Majesty measures Memoirs ment METHO minister nation never observed occasion opposition Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope present Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney qu'il Queen received Ripperda Robert Walpole Royal says scarcely Schaub scheme 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 TURE Vienna Walpole's Wesley Whigs writes Wyndham XVII
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Side 338 - ... 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 264 - 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 338 - 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 94 - ... in good gold and silver, must be given for trash, that will not be worth above eight or nine thousand pounds real value.
Side 95 - ... 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 317 - 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 327 - 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 374 - 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 171 - 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 303 - The gracious Prince, so far from attempting an apology, spoke not a word to his mother ; but on her retreat gave her his hand, led her into the street to her coach — still dumb ! — but a crowd being assembled at the gate, he kneeled down in the dirt, and humbly kissed her Majesty's hand. Her indignation must have shrunk into contempt.