The Popular History of England, Volúmenes5-6J. W. Lovell, 1880 |
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... Affairs . - Treaty of Hanover.- Siege of Gibraltar . - Peace . - Death of George I. CHAPTER XXIII . - A.D . 1727 to A.D. 1734 . • 406-428 Accession of George II . - Walpole confirmed in power - Frederick , the heir - apparent.- Course ...
... Affairs . - Treaty of Hanover.- Siege of Gibraltar . - Peace . - Death of George I. CHAPTER XXIII . - A.D . 1727 to A.D. 1734 . • 406-428 Accession of George II . - Walpole confirmed in power - Frederick , the heir - apparent.- Course ...
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... affairs , during my absence , in such persons on whose care and fidelity I can entirely depend . " The duke of Leeds was not one of those persons . Bur- net , writing in the reign of queen Anne , says of the princess , " now that he ...
... affairs , during my absence , in such persons on whose care and fidelity I can entirely depend . " The duke of Leeds was not one of those persons . Bur- net , writing in the reign of queen Anne , says of the princess , " now that he ...
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... Affairs here go on tolerably well , though not as expeditiously as I could wish . Yesterday , we made our lodgment in the counterscarp , and I now flatter myself that we shall soon be masters of the town . I cannot sufficiently applaud ...
... Affairs here go on tolerably well , though not as expeditiously as I could wish . Yesterday , we made our lodgment in the counterscarp , and I now flatter myself that we shall soon be masters of the town . I cannot sufficiently applaud ...
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... affairs of the prince of Orange did not wear so favourable an aspect as formerly that the country party gave him trouble and vexation → his own friends , called Jacobites , thought it " a good occasion to blow the coals . " These ...
... affairs of the prince of Orange did not wear so favourable an aspect as formerly that the country party gave him trouble and vexation → his own friends , called Jacobites , thought it " a good occasion to blow the coals . " These ...
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... affair which has far more to do with the history of party than with the history of the nation ; and of which the only ... affairs demanded his own return to England . There was a diffi " Wednesday Club , " quoted in " Life of Paterson ...
... affair which has far more to do with the history of party than with the history of the nation ; and of which the only ... affairs demanded his own return to England . There was a diffi " Wednesday Club , " quoted in " Life of Paterson ...
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Página 167 - Young man, there is America,— which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Página 92 - Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper; they have been wronged; they have been driven to madness, by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned ? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of...
Página 271 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Página 203 - I appeal to the wisdom and the law of this learned bench to defend and support the justice of their country. I call upon the bishops...
Página 241 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Página 201 - I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Página 110 - ... no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a member of either house of Parliament ; or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military ; or to have any grant of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, from the Crown to himself, or to any other or others in trust for him.
Página 203 - I call upon the honor of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Página 294 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 203 - Against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war ! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war...