History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... afterwards have occasion to show , been too readily repealed on the accession of George the First . The sixth article , on the other hand , was hasty and ill- considered . There can be no doubt that , in the reign of William , as in the ...
... afterwards have occasion to show , been too readily repealed on the accession of George the First . The sixth article , on the other hand , was hasty and ill- considered . There can be no doubt that , in the reign of William , as in the ...
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... afterwards a Bill for that very object was brought in by General Stanhope . See the Parl . Hist . vol . vii . p . 374 . " posed , who have taken the oaths to the Revenue Remnant of the Republican party The Jacobites Retrospect on the ...
... afterwards a Bill for that very object was brought in by General Stanhope . See the Parl . Hist . vol . vii . p . 374 . " posed , who have taken the oaths to the Revenue Remnant of the Republican party The Jacobites Retrospect on the ...
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... afterwards living happy and con- tented in our own . In fact , according to the old English maxims , no one could go abroad without special permis- sion from the sovereign . Thus , in the reign of Elizabeth , Sir William Evers was ...
... afterwards living happy and con- tented in our own . In fact , according to the old English maxims , no one could go abroad without special permis- sion from the sovereign . Thus , in the reign of Elizabeth , Sir William Evers was ...
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... afterwards continued them from a miserable personal vanity . He aimed at being the modern Alcibiades man of pleasure at the same time as a man of business ; sitting up one night to reel at a drunken orgy , - sitting up the next to ...
... afterwards continued them from a miserable personal vanity . He aimed at being the modern Alcibiades man of pleasure at the same time as a man of business ; sitting up one night to reel at a drunken orgy , - sitting up the next to ...
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... afterwards , or if he could have brought them in with small trouble and no hazard to him- * " Je parlerai à M. l'Abbé ( Gaultier ) , avant son départ , au sujet " de M. le Chevalier . " April , 1713. The secret letters of Gaultier and ...
... afterwards , or if he could have brought them in with small trouble and no hazard to him- * " Je parlerai à M. l'Abbé ( Gaultier ) , avant son départ , au sujet " de M. le Chevalier . " April , 1713. The secret letters of Gaultier and ...
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Page 65 - Crisis," written by Richard Steele, Esq., a member of this House, are scandalous and seditious libels, containing many expressions highly reflecting upon her Majesty, and upon the nobility, gentry, clergy, and universities of this kingdom, maliciously insinuating that the Protestant succession in the house of Hanover is in danger under her Majesty's administration...
Page 50 - Among the matters of importance during this session, we may justly number the proceedings of the house of commons with relation to the press ; since her majesty's message to the house, of January the seventeenth, concludes with a paragraph, representing the great licenses taken in publishing false and scandalous libels, such as are a reproach to any government ; and recommending to them to find a remedy equal to the mischief.
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 177 - And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Page 185 - 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 men of good troops, and never himself come among us, we had done other things than we have now done.
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 87 - The queen has told all the lords the reasons of her parting with him, viz. " that he neglected all business ; that he was seldom to be understood ; that when he did explain himself, she could not depend upon the truth of what he said ; that he never came to her at the time she appointed; that he often came drunk; lastly, to crown all, he...
Page 271 - Walpole was, however, fond of perusing and quoting 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...
Page 275 - The political state is under great divisions, the parties of Walpole and Stanhope as violent as Whig and Tory. The K. and P. continue two names, there is nothing like a coalition, but at the Masquerade; however the Princess is a dissenter from it, and has a very small party in so unmodish a separation.