History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Volume 1 |
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... friends of the Protestant Succession Active measures of General Stanhope Supineness of the Court of Hanover Declining health of the Queen Swift and the Duchess of Somerset Page 34 35 36 20 . 37 38 40 41 ib . 42 il . 43 iv . 44 ib . 45 ...
... friends of the Protestant Succession Active measures of General Stanhope Supineness of the Court of Hanover Declining health of the Queen Swift and the Duchess of Somerset Page 34 35 36 20 . 37 38 40 41 ib . 42 il . 43 iv . 44 ib . 45 ...
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... friends of Bolingbroke and Oxford pos- sibly explain or excuse that they should offer far better terms at Utrecht in 1712 , than the French had been willing to accept at Gertruydenberg in 1709 ? Or if the dismissal of the Duke of ...
... friends of Bolingbroke and Oxford pos- sibly explain or excuse that they should offer far better terms at Utrecht in 1712 , than the French had been willing to accept at Gertruydenberg in 1709 ? Or if the dismissal of the Duke of ...
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... friends amongst the Dissenters , he , in little more than two years , undermined and overthrew the great Whig administration . He be- came chief of that which succeeded , obtained not only the Treasurer's staff , but the Earldom of ...
... friends amongst the Dissenters , he , in little more than two years , undermined and overthrew the great Whig administration . He be- came chief of that which succeeded , obtained not only the Treasurer's staff , but the Earldom of ...
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... their political friends , and from whence ( as was shown by the event ) a very short notice might , on any sudden emergency , summon them to England . 1713 . INTRIGUES OF OXFORD . 31 CHAPTER II . 30 CHAP . I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... their political friends , and from whence ( as was shown by the event ) a very short notice might , on any sudden emergency , summon them to England . 1713 . INTRIGUES OF OXFORD . 31 CHAPTER II . 30 CHAP . I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... friends to the Protestant Succession . It may easily be supposed that an administration thus variously composed could not long remain cordially united . Oxford and Bolingbroke gradually came to be considered * See Bolingbroke's Letter ...
... friends to the Protestant Succession . It may easily be supposed that an administration thus variously composed could not long remain cordially united . Oxford and Bolingbroke gradually came to be considered * See Bolingbroke's Letter ...
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Page 11 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 12 - Judges' Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 50 - Majesty to the House of Commons, complaining of the " great license which is taken in publishing false and scandalous libels, such as are a reproach to any government;" and declaring that " this evil seems to be grown too strong for the laws now in force.
Page 185 - ... disappointed in us, we were tenfold more so in him. We saw nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak. His countenance looked extremely heavy. He cared not to come abroad amongst us soldiers, or to see us handle our arms or do our exercise. Some said the circumstances he found us in dejected him ; I am sure the figure he made dejected us ; and, had he sent us but five thousand...
Page 11 - That, in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defense of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 82 - My Lords, I have many children, and I know not whether God Almighty will vouchsafe to let me live to give them the education I could wish they had ; therefore, my Lords, I own I tremble when I think that a certain divine, who is hardly suspected of being a Christian (meaning, as we read in the annals, Dr. Swift,) is in a fair way of being a bishop, and may one day give licence to those who shall be intrusted with the instruction of youth.
Page 271 - Horace, to whom, in his private character, he might, perhaps, not unaptly be compared. He was good-tempered, joyous, and sensual, with an elegant taste for the arts; a warm friend, an indulgent master, and a boon companion. We are told of him, that whenever he received a packet of letters, the one from his gamekeeper was usually the first which he opened. To women he was greatly addicted, and his daughter by his second wife was born before their marriage. He had an easy and flowing wit, but too commonly...
Page 23 - There was a drawing-room to-day at court : but so few company, that the Queen sent for us into her bed-chamber, where we made our bows, and stood about twenty of us round the room, while she looked at us round with her fan in her mouth, and once a minute said about three words to some that were nearest her, and then she was told dinner was ready, and went out.
Page 92 - I a son," he said on one occasion, "I would sooner " breed him a cobbler than a courtier, and a hangman than "a statesman...
Page 22 - Queen need not detain us long. She was a very weak woman, full of prejudices, fond of flattery, always governed blindly by some female favourite, and, as Swift bitterly observes, " had not a stock of amity to serve above one object at a "time...