 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878 - 660 דפים
...succession would be in grave danger.1 The feelings of Bolingbroke may be clearly seen in his own words : ' The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday, the Queen died on Sunday ! What a world is this, and bow does fortune banter us ! ' 2 The new King was at once proclaimed, and it is a striking proof of... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878 - 642 דפים
...juste Mgr. L'Electeur pour faire reussir leur projet aussitost d'Hanovre sera proclam£ Boy et prenthe Queen died on Sunday! What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us ! ' l The new King was at once proclaimed, and it is a striking proof of the danger of the crisis that... | |
 | 1880 - 612 דפים
...carrying out the Act of Settlement. On Sunday morning Anne was no more, and Bolingbroke was a cipher. 'The Queen died on Sunday. What a world is this, and how does Fortune banter us !' were the words in which the baffled statesman communicated the intelligence to Swift. Fortune was,... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1881 - 388 דפים
...if they would make him first minister and maintain him as such. He himself may tell the result : ' The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen died on Sunday. What a world is this, and how our fortune banters us ! ' Such was the close of three years of intrigue. He had bribed the waiting-maid... | |
 | English history - 1881 - 888 דפים
...quarrels, were powerless. " The earl of Oxford," says the bewildered St. John to Swift, in a letter, " was removed on Tuesday. The queen died on Sunday....What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us 1 " THE GREAT STORM OF 1703. Ho.vz. In Little Wild street chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields, a sermon is... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1881 - 390 דפים
...if they would make him first minister and maintain him as such. He himself may tell the result : ' The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen died on Sunday. What a world is this, and how our fortune banters us ! ' Such was the close of three years of intrigue. He had bribed the waiting-maid... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 236 דפים
...bound up, was not so much ruined as annihilated. " The Earl of Oxford," wrote Bolingbroke to Swift, " was removed on Tuesday. The Queen died on Sunday....What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us ! " CHAPTER VI. STELLA AND VANESSA. THE final crash of the Tory administration found Swift approaching... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 378 דפים
...of August 1714, Anne breathed her last. Bolingbroke felt instinctively that his career was wrecked. "The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday; the Queen...What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us !" Yet he did not give way to craven anticipations, nor to unmanly depression. He told Swift, ten days... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 510 דפים
...it to you. Your truly humble servant, Jo. BIRCH.* FROM LORD BOLINGBROKE. DEAR DEAN, August 3) 1714. THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen...What a world is this and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland. Pray do not go. I am against it. But... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 504 דפים
...sending it to you. Your truly humble servant, Jo. BIRCH.* FROM LORD BOLINGBROKE. DEAR DEAN, August 3) THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen...What a world is this ! and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland. Pray do not go. I am against it. But... | |
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THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen died on Sunday. What a world is this and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland. 
