History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, Band 2Baudry's European Library, 1841 |
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... letter ! Meanwhile the favourable opportunity passed away ; and , before a better spirit came , the Roman Catholic priests had recovered from their depres- sion , and the peasantry been stung into a sense of resentment . Wesley himself ...
... letter ! Meanwhile the favourable opportunity passed away ; and , before a better spirit came , the Roman Catholic priests had recovered from their depres- sion , and the peasantry been stung into a sense of resentment . Wesley himself ...
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... Letter of the Earl Marischal , June 15. 1740 . Stuart Papers . I owe this extract to the kindness of the Right Hon . C. W. Wynn , who copied it at Carlton House . The original seems to have fallen from its right order , and I could not ...
... Letter of the Earl Marischal , June 15. 1740 . Stuart Papers . I owe this extract to the kindness of the Right Hon . C. W. Wynn , who copied it at Carlton House . The original seems to have fallen from its right order , and I could not ...
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... letters , conjointly with another loss the Opposition had just sus- tained through the decease of the Earl of ... letter to Pope , of the same or nearly the same date . Marchmont Papers , vol . ii . p . 224. et seq . Bolingbroke ...
... letters , conjointly with another loss the Opposition had just sus- tained through the decease of the Earl of ... letter to Pope , of the same or nearly the same date . Marchmont Papers , vol . ii . p . 224. et seq . Bolingbroke ...
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... letters , that " behaviour , though an external thing , which seems rather to belong to the body than to the mind , is certainly " founded in considerable virtues ( 3 ) ; " and he evidently thought very highly of the effect of both ...
... letters , that " behaviour , though an external thing , which seems rather to belong to the body than to the mind , is certainly " founded in considerable virtues ( 3 ) ; " and he evidently thought very highly of the effect of both ...
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... letter in which he expresses great doubts as to the sincerity of Walpole's good wishes , but promises that if they shall be real and effective they shall be duly rewarded at his restoration . " I have no diffi- 66 " culty , " he adds ...
... letter in which he expresses great doubts as to the sincerity of Walpole's good wishes , but promises that if they shall be real and effective they shall be duly rewarded at his restoration . " I have no diffi- 66 " culty , " he adds ...
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Seite 185 - Prince, his colour went and came, his eyes sparkled, he shifted his place, and grasped his sword. Charles observed his demeanour, and, turning briskly towards him, called out, ' Will not you assist me ?' 'I will, I will,' said Ranald, ' though no other man in the Highlands should draw a sword ; I am ready to die for you.
Seite 31 - This Convention, Sir, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy ; an illusory expedient to baffle the resentment of the nation ; a truce, without a suspension of hostilities, on the part of Spain ; on the part of England, a suspension, as to Georgia, of the first law of nature, self-preservation and self-defence...
Seite 401 - ... 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 night...
Seite 209 - Charles put himself at the head of the second line, which was close behind the first, and addressed them in these words: — "Follow me, gentlemen, and by the " blessing of God, I will this day make you a free and happy people!
Seite 137 - Such a shameful degree of profligacy prevailed, that the retailers of this poisonous compound set up painted boards in public, inviting people to be drunk for the small expense of one penny ; assuring them they might be dead drunk for two-pence, and have straw for nothing.
Seite 229 - Cameron having assured her that they would not injure either her, or her little children, or any person whatever, she looked at him for some moments with an air of surprise, and then opened a press, calling out with a loud voice, ' Come out, children, ' the gentleman will not eat you...
Seite 268 - ... unluckily was with him), in the Duke's army, fighting for the liberties of his country at Culloden, where his unhappy father was in arms to destroy them.
Seite 271 - I was an absolute pedant; when I talked my best, I quoted Horace; when I aimed at being facetious, I quoted Martial; and when I had a mind to be a fine gentleman, I talked Ovid.
Seite 232 - ... and every little article of value she possessed ; the price of which, in a purse, she laid at the feet of Prince Charles, while, straining her dim eyes to gaze on his features, and pressing his hand to her shrivelled lips, she exclaimed, with affectionate rapture, in the words of Simeon, "Lord! now lettest " thou thy servant depart in peace ! " It is added that she did not survive the shock when, a few days afterwards, she was told of the retreat.
Seite 218 - British sovereign can grant, we hereby for ourselves, as heir-apparent to the crown, ratify and confirm the same in our own name, before Almighty God, upon the faith of a Christian and the honour of a Prince. " Let me now expostulate this weighty matter with you, my father's subjects...