Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Cobbett, Mackintosh, Canning, Volum 2Richard Bentley, 1868 |
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... then did , but for what they would now do , can feel no inconsistency in looking on France - not to model our conduct , but to invigorate the spirit of freedom . We permit ourselves to imagine how Lord Somers , in the THE MAN OF PROMISE .
... then did , but for what they would now do , can feel no inconsistency in looking on France - not to model our conduct , but to invigorate the spirit of freedom . We permit ourselves to imagine how Lord Somers , in the THE MAN OF PROMISE .
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... spirit and under the influence of the genius of the very writer whom he was bold enough to attack . Many , nevertheless , who , taken by sur- prise , had surrendered to the magisterial eloquence of the master , were rescued by the ...
... spirit and under the influence of the genius of the very writer whom he was bold enough to attack . Many , nevertheless , who , taken by sur- prise , had surrendered to the magisterial eloquence of the master , were rescued by the ...
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... spirit and national rancour ran high , and the defender of the prosecuted journalist was sure to stand before his country as the enemy of France and the ad- vocate of freedom . A variety of circumstances pointed out Mr. Mackintosh as ...
... spirit and national rancour ran high , and the defender of the prosecuted journalist was sure to stand before his country as the enemy of France and the ad- vocate of freedom . A variety of circumstances pointed out Mr. Mackintosh as ...
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... much farther , a different and a far more enlightened spirit than that which had hitherto prevailed amongst our speculating settlers , or rather sojourners in the East . The mildness of his judicial sway , more- 29 ...
... much farther , a different and a far more enlightened spirit than that which had hitherto prevailed amongst our speculating settlers , or rather sojourners in the East . The mildness of his judicial sway , more- 29 ...
Side 31
... spirits , in a cabin nine feet square , on the Indian Ocean , I think it enough that I am free from the soreness of disappointment . " There is , indeed , something melancholy in the contrast thus offered between a man still young ...
... spirits , in a cabin nine feet square , on the Indian Ocean , I think it enough that I am free from the soreness of disappointment . " There is , indeed , something melancholy in the contrast thus offered between a man still young ...
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Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Cobbett, Mackintosh, Canning, Volum 2 Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Cobbett, Mackintosh, Canning, Volum 2 Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Cobbett, Mackintosh, Canning, Volum 2 Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1868 |
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Side 420 - In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much; With equal advantage the French are content: So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent.
Side 77 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Side 222 - Was it the squire for killing of his game? or Covetous parson for his tithes distraining? Or roguish lawyer made you lose your little All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids, Ready to fall as soon as you have told your Pitiful story.
Side 222 - Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, Sir, Only last night a-drinking at the " Chequers," This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. Constables came up for to take me into Custody ; they took me before the justice ; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parishstocks for a vagrant.
Side 259 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 338 - ... the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion, how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of...
Side 109 - I had always been fond of beautiful gardens ; and a gardener, who had just come from the king's gardens at Kew, gave such a description of them as made me instantly resolve to work in these gardens. The next morning, without saying a word to any one, off I set, with no clothes, except those upon my back, and with thirteen halfpence in my pocket. I found that I must go to Richmond, and I, accordingly, went on from place to place inquiring my way thither.
Side 351 - It was only on last Friday night that this precise information arrived. On Saturday His Majesty's confidential servants came to a decision. On Sunday that decision received the sanction of His Majesty. On Monday it was communicated to both Houses of Parliament, and this day, Sir, at the hour in which I have the honour of addressing you, the troops are on their march for embarkation.