The early history of Charles James Fox |
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... Mind on your name Stephen Fox , that I hope will keep you from being wicked . You , Harry , having a less fortune , won't be subject to so many temptations ; but withstand those you have when you grow up . Then you'll learn to swear ...
... Mind on your name Stephen Fox , that I hope will keep you from being wicked . You , Harry , having a less fortune , won't be subject to so many temptations ; but withstand those you have when you grow up . Then you'll learn to swear ...
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... mind that the period , of which this book will treat , was the transition between the old order of things and the new . A more curious illustration of the sentiments and manners of the past could not easily be found than the story of ...
... mind that the period , of which this book will treat , was the transition between the old order of things and the new . A more curious illustration of the sentiments and manners of the past could not easily be found than the story of ...
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... minds the increasing study of pamphlets and newspapers had begun to create a demand for practical arguments founded upon the solid facts of the case . Fox was the sworn enemy of lawyers who had seats in Parliament . " He loved disputing ...
... minds the increasing study of pamphlets and newspapers had begun to create a demand for practical arguments founded upon the solid facts of the case . Fox was the sworn enemy of lawyers who had seats in Parliament . " He loved disputing ...
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... mind of the young monarch , which soon learned to work in its own direction , as long as it con- tinued to work at all , was first set in motion by the external influence of a favourite . Lord Bute , the Groom of the Stole , who stood ...
... mind of the young monarch , which soon learned to work in its own direction , as long as it con- tinued to work at all , was first set in motion by the external influence of a favourite . Lord Bute , the Groom of the Stole , who stood ...
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... who desired him , for the credit of his position , to save appear- ances . " It is not my habit , " he replied , " to mind appearances , D but realities . " His audience , catching at the CH . I. 33 CHARLES JAMES FOX .
... who desired him , for the credit of his position , to save appear- ances . " It is not my habit , " he replied , " to mind appearances , D but realities . " His audience , catching at the CH . I. 33 CHARLES JAMES FOX .
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82 페이지 - I've bought the best champagne from Brooks. From liberal Brooks, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit, and a distant bill. Who, nursed in clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid.
148 페이지 - because all the world in concert could not have kept him in the background, and because when once in the front he played his part with a prompt intrepidity and a commanding ease that were but the outward symptoms of the immense reserves of energy, on which it was in his power to draw.
348 페이지 - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
53 페이지 - I did not cry I assure you which I believe you will, as I know you were more set upon it than I was, the thing I am most angry at is looking so like a fool...
26 페이지 - I sincerely wish your lordship joy of being delivered of a most impracticable colleague, his Majesty of a most imperious servant, and the country of a most dangerous minister.
169 페이지 - Animated by the favour of the people on one side, and heated by persecution on the other, his views and sentiments changed with his situation. Hardly serious at first, he is now an enthusiast. The coldest bodies warm with opposition, the hardest sparkle in collision. There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others we convince ourselves. The passions are engaged, and create a...
288 페이지 - And listen'd for the queen of all the quire; Fain would I hear her heavenly voice to sing; And wanted yet an omen to the spring.
248 페이지 - That the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance. We separate the amiable, good-natured prince from the folly and treachery of his servants, and the private virtues of the man from the vices of his government. Were it not for this just distinction, I know not whether your majesty's condition, or that of the English nation, would deserve most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favourable reception of truth, by removing every painful offensive idea of personal reproach.
86 페이지 - The young men of the age lose five, ten, fifteen thousand pounds in an evening there. Lord Stavordale, not one-and-twenty, lost eleven thousand there last Tuesday, but recovered it by one great hand at hazard : he swore a great oath, — " Now, if I had been playing deep, I might have won millions.