The Early History of Charles James FoxLongmans, Green, 1911 - 524페이지 |
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... gives an amusing sketch of the grave and dexterous courtesy with which he foiled an attempt on the part of Lady Sunderland to saddle him with a second high - born and expensive son - in - law . His sons were all childless ; and , at the ...
... gives an amusing sketch of the grave and dexterous courtesy with which he foiled an attempt on the part of Lady Sunderland to saddle him with a second high - born and expensive son - in - law . His sons were all childless ; and , at the ...
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... give a tragical proof , the young man started to his feet , descanted in high - flown terms upon Lord Hardwicke's office and character , and denounced the insolence of his assail- ant as " new in parliament , new in politics , and new ...
... give a tragical proof , the young man started to his feet , descanted in high - flown terms upon Lord Hardwicke's office and character , and denounced the insolence of his assail- ant as " new in parliament , new in politics , and new ...
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... give me your honour , " was the reply , " I believe you ; but I must tell you , as I am no liar , that you have been much suspected . " Before he quitted the royal presence , Fox , utilising the opportunity with an effrontery which was ...
... give me your honour , " was the reply , " I believe you ; but I must tell you , as I am no liar , that you have been much suspected . " Before he quitted the royal presence , Fox , utilising the opportunity with an effrontery which was ...
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... give no better ground for resisting than his own laziness and satiety . Fox entered the Cabinet , and assured the King that Parliament should approve the peace by as large a majority as His Majesty could possibly desire . 1 There was no ...
... give no better ground for resisting than his own laziness and satiety . Fox entered the Cabinet , and assured the King that Parliament should approve the peace by as large a majority as His Majesty could possibly desire . 1 There was no ...
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... give rewards with their own hands , But death and punishment by the hands of others , " the King , with his own pen , dashed the Duke of Devonshire's name off the list of Privy Councillors : an act of evil omen , " dipped , " said ...
... give rewards with their own hands , But death and punishment by the hands of others , " the King , with his own pen , dashed the Duke of Devonshire's name off the list of Privy Councillors : an act of evil omen , " dipped , " said ...
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278 페이지 - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
80 페이지 - The truth is, that, though I gave up the business early, I had a tinge of dandyism * in my minority, and probably retained enough of it to conciliate the great ones at five-and- twenty.
93 페이지 - My health advances faster than my amusement. However, I have been at one opera, Mr. Wesley's. They have boys and girls with charming voices, that sing hymns, in parts, to Scotch ballad tunes; but indeed so long, that one would think they were already in eternity, and knew how much time they had before them.
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.
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.
51 페이지 - This is not describing her, for her great beauty was a peculiarity of countenance that made her at the same time different from and prettier than any other girl I ever saw.
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.
366 페이지 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
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.
145 페이지 - I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity. Of Mr. Boswell's truth I have not the least suspicion, because I am sure he could invent nothing of this kind.