The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volum 4T. Boys, 1826 |
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... crown . • * * He knew that those who would with love command Must with a tender , yet a stedfast , hand Sustain the reins . " HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK JONSON . THE House of Brunswick possesses such well - found claims to antiquity and ...
... crown . • * * He knew that those who would with love command Must with a tender , yet a stedfast , hand Sustain the reins . " HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK JONSON . THE House of Brunswick possesses such well - found claims to antiquity and ...
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... crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg , who received his inves- titure from Frederic the Second , about the middle ...
... crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg , who received his inves- titure from Frederic the Second , about the middle ...
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... crown . " Her Royal Highness replied , that as her " utmost ambition had ever been to see her son answer the expectations of his country ; if she had succeeded in that , all her wishes were completed . " PROJECT OF MARRIAGE . George the ...
... crown . " Her Royal Highness replied , that as her " utmost ambition had ever been to see her son answer the expectations of his country ; if she had succeeded in that , all her wishes were completed . " PROJECT OF MARRIAGE . George the ...
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... crown and the rights of the subject . " The promptness of the City of London , in the presentation of their congratulatory address , is not undeserving of notice . George II . died on the morn- ing of the 25th , and they presented their ...
... crown and the rights of the subject . " The promptness of the City of London , in the presentation of their congratulatory address , is not undeserving of notice . George II . died on the morn- ing of the 25th , and they presented their ...
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... crown . " His majesty's early attention to an object so interesting to his people , as the impartial ad- ministration of justice , was gratefully acknowledged by the two houses of parliament : a bill was accord- ingly brought in to that ...
... crown . " His majesty's early attention to an object so interesting to his people , as the impartial ad- ministration of justice , was gratefully acknowledged by the two houses of parliament : a bill was accord- ingly brought in to that ...
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Side 120 - I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness, and for that of your royal family. "' The appointment of a Minister from the United States to your Majesty's court, will form an epoch in the history of England and America.
Side 27 - III. c. 23, enacted at the earnest request of the king himself from the throne, the judges are continued in their offices during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any demise of the crown, which was formerly held immediately to vacate their seats, and their full salaries are absolutely secured to them during the continuance of their commissions...
Side 93 - When I mentioned the smallness of the church livings in Scotland, he said, ' he wondered how men of liberal education would choose to become clergymen there ; ' and asked, ' whether, in the remote parts of the country, the clergy, in general, were not very ignorant?' I answered, ' No, for that education was very cheap in Scotland, and -that the clergy, in general, were men of good sense, and competent learning.
Side 21 - You have heard, continued he, of an old Lord Bathurst, of whom your Popes and Swifts have sung and spoken so much: I have lived my life with geniuses of that cast; but have survived them; and, despairing ever to find their equals, it is some years since I have...
Side 76 - The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion, adding, ' You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.
Side 124 - It is thus the essence of things is lost in ceremony in every country of Europe. We must submit to what we cannot alter. Patience is the only remedy.
Side 122 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.
Side 30 - I am not expert at description, nor can my fancy add any horrors to the picture ; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at the hideous prospect now before me. The whole Country, my dear Country, lies one frightful waste, presenting only objects to excite terror, pity and despair. The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite discontinued; the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers themselves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly occupied.
Side 53 - ... made him an unlimited offer of any rewards in the power of the crown to bestow...
Side 121 - Sir,— The circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say, that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the United States, but that I am glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.