The Works of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for this Edition, Containing Additional Information Relative to His Personal and Public Character, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1841 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 16
... manner of address that was very en- gaging . His vivacity was always awake , his apprehension quick , his wit refined , and his memory amazing : his subtlety in thinking and reasoning was profound , and all these talents were adorned ...
... manner of address that was very en- gaging . His vivacity was always awake , his apprehension quick , his wit refined , and his memory amazing : his subtlety in thinking and reasoning was profound , and all these talents were adorned ...
Page 18
... manner . The marriage took place in 1700 , when St. John was but twenty - two years of age . It was one of mere convenience , and , like all such arrangements was attended with little happiness . The most substantial result was the ...
... manner . The marriage took place in 1700 , when St. John was but twenty - two years of age . It was one of mere convenience , and , like all such arrangements was attended with little happiness . The most substantial result was the ...
Page 20
... manner overthrown . As the affairs of the nation were then in as fluctuating a state as at present , Harley , after maintaining the lead for above three years , was in his turn obliged to submit to the whigs , who once more became the ...
... manner overthrown . As the affairs of the nation were then in as fluctuating a state as at present , Harley , after maintaining the lead for above three years , was in his turn obliged to submit to the whigs , who once more became the ...
Page 28
... manner at the playhouse in Drury - lane , and having bespoken another play for the night ensuing ; having subscribed to a new opera that was to be acted some time after , and talked of making an elabo- rate defence , he went off that ...
... manner at the playhouse in Drury - lane , and having bespoken another play for the night ensuing ; having subscribed to a new opera that was to be acted some time after , and talked of making an elabo- rate defence , he went off that ...
Page 29
... manner how Tournay in Flanders might be gained by them . And lastly , That he advised and promoted the yielding up Spain and the West Indies to the Duke of Anjou , then an enemy to her majesty . These were urged by Walpole with great ...
... manner how Tournay in Flanders might be gained by them . And lastly , That he advised and promoted the yielding up Spain and the West Indies to the Duke of Anjou , then an enemy to her majesty . These were urged by Walpole with great ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abroad advantage affairs affirm alliance answer appeared authority Britain cause Chevalier conduct consequence constitution continued court crown danger declared depend dispute Duke of Orleans Duke of Ormond Earl Earl of Mar effect emperor endeavored enemies engaged England established faction farther favor former France friends galleons gentleman Gibraltar give happened hath Henry honor hope house of York interest jacobite king James king of Spain least letter Lord Bolingbroke majesty manner means measures minister nation negotiations never obliged observed occasion opinion parliament particular party peace perhaps persons political present Pretender prevailed prince principles Publicola queen Elizabeth reason reign religion Scotland Sir William Wyndham soon Spaniards spirit of liberty suppose sure taken things thought throne tion took tories treaty treaty of Utrecht true truth Vienna treaty whigs whilst whole write
Popular passages
Page 80 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 76 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest - -young man I ever knew; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners; generous, and a despiser of money.
Page 56 - Parties; and of all his masterly pieces it is in general esteemed the best. Having finished this, which was received with the utmost avidity, he resolved to take leave not only of his enemies and friends, but even of his country; and in this resolution, in the year 1736...
Page 51 - I am then, two-thirds restored, my person safe, (unless I meet hereafter with harder treatment than even that of Sir Walter Raleigh) and my estate, with all the other property I have acquired, or may acquire, secured to me. But the attainder is kept carefully and prudently in force, lest so corrupt a member should come again into the house of lords, and his bad leaven should sour that sweet, untainted mass.
Page 87 - Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of OLIVER PRICE and THOMAS HALL.
Page 417 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Page 186 - God has established such an order in the world, that of all which belongs to us the least valuable parts can alone fall under the will of others. Whatever is best is safest ; lies out of the reach of human power ; can neither be given nor taken away. Such is this great and beautiful work of nature, the world. Such is the mind of man, which contemplates and admires the world whereof it makes the noblest part. These are inseparably ours, and as long as we remain in one we shall enjoy the other.
Page 52 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two hay-cocks; but his -attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in the admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower...
Page 52 - ... in England As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers ; but as to his temperance, I can answer that, for one whole day, we have had nothing for dinner but mutton-broth, beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart...
Page 87 - An Answer to the London Journal of December 21, 1728, by John Trot. An Answer to the Defence of the Enquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain.