A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, כרך 5A. Fullarton, 1853 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 94
עמוד 9
... occasion . He had likewise conceived a very early antipathy to Pitt's coadjutor , the duke of Newcastle . On one occasion he said to a confidant : " You see I am compelled to take the duke of Newcastle as my minister , though he is not ...
... occasion . He had likewise conceived a very early antipathy to Pitt's coadjutor , the duke of Newcastle . On one occasion he said to a confidant : " You see I am compelled to take the duke of Newcastle as my minister , though he is not ...
עמוד 11
... occasion he was created earl of Ches- ter . Shortly afterwards , the proposal for his marriage with the princess- royal of Prussia was made by his father . The ludicrous issue of this negotiation has already been detailed . The old ...
... occasion he was created earl of Ches- ter . Shortly afterwards , the proposal for his marriage with the princess- royal of Prussia was made by his father . The ludicrous issue of this negotiation has already been detailed . The old ...
עמוד 13
... occasion : when the earl of Stair resigned his command in the Netherlands , the duke of Cumberland , though scarcely twenty - four years old , and utterly destitute of experience , was placed at the head of the British and Hanoverian ...
... occasion : when the earl of Stair resigned his command in the Netherlands , the duke of Cumberland , though scarcely twenty - four years old , and utterly destitute of experience , was placed at the head of the British and Hanoverian ...
עמוד 17
... occasion , we learn by a letter from General Wightman : ' General Hy is in much the same situation as General C - e ; he was never seen in the field during the battle ; and every thing would have gone to wreck , in a worse manner than ...
... occasion , we learn by a letter from General Wightman : ' General Hy is in much the same situation as General C - e ; he was never seen in the field during the battle ; and every thing would have gone to wreck , in a worse manner than ...
עמוד 18
... occasion , they seem , for the first time , to have laboured under a kind of judicial infatuation . They did not defend the passage of Spey , though broad , deep , rapid , and dangerous ; they did not retreat before the duke into the ...
... occasion , they seem , for the first time , to have laboured under a kind of judicial infatuation . They did not defend the passage of Spey , though broad , deep , rapid , and dangerous ; they did not retreat before the duke into the ...
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עמוד 140 - THE Muse," disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame ; — In happy climes, where, from the genial sun And virgin earth, such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true ; — In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules ; Where men shall not impose, for truth and sense, The pedantry
עמוד 217 - for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collections ; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto.
עמוד 65 - But if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose are we called to this council ? When he talks of being responsible to the people, he talks the language of the House of Commons, and forgets, that at this board, he is only responsible to the King.
עמוד 318 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
עמוד 392 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
עמוד 459 - That the House would consider as enemies to his majesty and the country all those who should advise, or by any means attempt, the further prosecution of offensive war on the Continent of North America.
עמוד 136 - When I deny sensible things an existence out of the mind, I do not mean my mind in particular, but all minds. Now, it is plain they have an existence exterior to my mind ; since I find them by experience to be independent of it.
עמוד 172 - Hvo, and a large collection of ancient Jewish and heathen testimonies to the ' Truth of the Christian Religion
עמוד 136 - When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view...
עמוד 332 - To please universally was the object of his life ; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.