Correspondence of John, Fourth Duke of Bedford, כרך 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
able acquaint your Grace ADMIRAL ANSON Admiral Martin Admiralty affair appointed approve army assure your Grace Bath believe Board Brest Byng Captain Commodore court court-martial dear Lord desire despatch Duchess Duchess of Bedford DUKE OF BEDFORD Duke of Newcastle Dutch Earl enclosed enemy England expedition favour fleet France French give glad Grace's commands Grace's letter HOLLES NEWCASTLE honour hope your Grace imagine immediately informed King's LEGGE Lestock Leveson Lieutenant London Lord Anson Lord Chesterfield Lord Duke Lord Gower Lord Harrington Lord Sandwich Lord Vere Lordship Louisbourg Majesty Majesty's service ment morning Newcastle House obliged occasion officers opinion orders Ostend peace Pelham person Pitt pleasure Plymouth present Prince of Orange proper proposed received regiment sailed satisfaction secretary send your Grace sent ships sloop soon squadron Stadtholder sure taken thing thought tion town troops Walpole wish Woburn yesterday
קטעים בולטים
עמוד xxxviii - I am sorry to hear your Majesty use those expressions. I know of no force: I know of no threats. No means were employed but what have been used in all times, the humble advice of your servants, supported by such reasons as convince them that the measure was necessary for your service.
עמוד liv - ... without a single tree upon it. " In the course of a few years, the duke perceived that the plantation required thinning, in order to admit a free circulation of air, and give health and vigour to the young trees. He accordingly gave instructions to his gardener, and directed him as to the mode and extent of the thinning required. The gardener paused, and hesitated, and at length said, ' Your Grace must pardon me, if I humbly remonstrate against your orders, but I cannot possibly do what you desire;...
עמוד xxii - tis a very hard task, For a man to wait here, who has nothing to ask. Under which Carteret wrote the following happy reply :— My very good Dean, there are few who come here, But have something to ask, or something to fear.
עמוד xxxi - Your lordships cannot be surprised," he said, "that I am alarmed at the proposal of a law like this ; I, whose family has suffered so lately the deprivation of its rank and fortune by the tyranny of a court ; I, whose grandfather was cut off by an unjust prosecution, and whose father was condemned, for many years, to see himself deprived of the rights of his birth, which were at length restored to him by more equitable judges. It is surely reasonable, my lords, that I should oppose the extension...
עמוד 59 - Shovel, who was an honour to his country and the service, and whom, I believe, no man knew that did not love and esteem him ; and I have on several occasions served as a Captain under Sir John Norris, whom I know to be a consummately experienced and gallant sea-officer, and have lived in an uninterrupted friendship with him ; your Grace will not be surprised that I venture to...
עמוד 321 - ... well ; and that they will become his and his family's friends, and unite with him to promote the good government...
עמוד 56 - Grace's means, that he may with confidence assert that he has acted circumspectly, diligently, and assiduously in the execution of that trust, as to have manifested to the world, that your Grace was neither deceived in your judgment of his capacity for the service of the Crown, nor his inclination to discharge his duty to our Royal Master, with a sincere honest zeal, for approving himself His Majesty's faithful subject and servant, which he has had the double incitement to, of his duty to the King,...
עמוד 593 - Feb. 20, 1748. personally, and to acknowledge your last kind Favour to me, I have the Presumption to solicit your Grace again. The Business of a Justice of Peace for Westminster is very inconsiderable without the Addition of that for the County of Middlesex. And without this Addition I cannot completely serve the Government in that office. But this unfortunately requires a Qualification which I want. Now there is a House belonging to your Grace, which stands in Bedford St., of 701.
עמוד 320 - FD to give the most positive assurances to the gentlemen in the opposition, of his upright intentions; that he is thoroughly convinced of the distresses and calamities that have befallen, and every day are more likely to...
עמוד xxxix - He was always governed ; generally by the duchess, though unmeasurably obstinate when once he had formed or had an opinion instilled into him. His manner was impetuous, of which he was so little sensible that, being told Lord Halifax was to succeed him, he said, 'He is too warm and overbearing ; the king will never endure him.