History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... became general : it rose to its greatest height about December , 1719 ; and the " actions , " or shares , of the new Company sold for more than twenty times their original value . The Rue Quincampoix , the chief scene of this traffic ...
... became general : it rose to its greatest height about December , 1719 ; and the " actions , " or shares , of the new Company sold for more than twenty times their original value . The Rue Quincampoix , the chief scene of this traffic ...
Sivu 9
... became to realise their imaginary profits . No sooner was the bubble touched , than it burst . Before the end of 1720 , Law was compelled not only to resign his employments , but to fly the kingdom for his life ; a few speculators were ...
... became to realise their imaginary profits . No sooner was the bubble touched , than it burst . Before the end of 1720 , Law was compelled not only to resign his employments , but to fly the kingdom for his life ; a few speculators were ...
Sivu 11
... became a new edition of the Rue Quin- campoix . The crowds were so great within doors , that tables with clerks were set in the streets . In this motley throng were blended all ranks , all professions , and all parties ; Churchmen and ...
... became a new edition of the Rue Quin- campoix . The crowds were so great within doors , that tables with clerks were set in the streets . In this motley throng were blended all ranks , all professions , and all parties ; Churchmen and ...
Sivu 13
... became anxious to con- vert their bonds into money ; and then at once appeared the fearful disproportion between the paper promises and the coin to pay . Early in September , the South Sea Stock began to decline : its fall became more ...
... became anxious to con- vert their bonds into money ; and then at once appeared the fearful disproportion between the paper promises and the coin to pay . Early in September , the South Sea Stock began to decline : its fall became more ...
Sivu 19
... became Secretary : * On the 29th of April , this year , the King issued a Proclamation against the Hell - fire Club . Wharton hereupon played a strange farce he went to the House of Lords , declared that he was not , as was thought , a ...
... became Secretary : * On the 29th of April , this year , the King issued a Proclamation against the Hell - fire Club . Wharton hereupon played a strange farce he went to the House of Lords , declared that he was not , as was thought , a ...
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affairs afterwards Aislabie answer appeared Appendix Bill Bishop Atterbury Bishop of Rochester Bolingbroke Brodrick to Lord Chesterfield Church Court Coxe's Walpole Craggs death declared defence Dubois Duchess of Kendal Duke of Newcastle Duke of Wharton Earl England English favour France friends George Gibraltar Government Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords Jacobites James King King's Lady less letter Lockhart Lord Carteret Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madame de Prie Madrid Majesty Marlborough measures Memoirs ment Minister nation negotiations never object observed occasion opposition Ormond Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope present Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney Queen received restoration Ripperda Royal says scarcely Secretary seems sent Sept Sir Luke Schaub Sir Robert Sir William Wyndham South Sea Company South Sea Directors South Sea Scheme Spain Spanish Speech spirit Stanhope Stuart Sunderland Swift thought tion Tories treaty Walpole's Whigs writes Wyndham
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Sivu 257 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Sivu 145 - If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink: Good wine— a friend— or being dry— Or lest we should be, by and by— Or any other reason why!
Sivu 226 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.
Sivu 37 - Art thou the Christ ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you ye will not believe : and if I also ask you ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
Sivu 281 - Walpole, to his ruin, and guided by a mistaken policy, suffered to be daubed over that measure. Some years after, it was my fortune to converse with many of the principal actors against that minister, and with those who principally excited that clamour. None of them, no not one, did in the least defend the measure, or attempt to justify their conduct. They condemned it as freely as they would have done in commenting upon any proceeding in history in which they were totally unconcerned.
Sivu 242 - regret, I have observed the Clergy in all the " places through which I have travelled — Papists, " Lutherans, Calvinists, and Dissenters ; but of " them all, our Clergy is much the most remiss in " their labours in private, and the least severe in
Sivu 252 - Immediately my weariness and headache ceased, and my horse's lameness in the same instant. Nor did he halt any more either that day or the next.
Sivu 212 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Sivu 226 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Sivu 287 - Wednesday, on which day the ambassador's coach and six was to go down to meet his brother. My Lord put on a livery, and went down in the retinue, without the least suspicion, to Dover, where Mr. Mitchell (which was the name of the ambassador's servant) hired a small vessel, and immediately set sail for Calais. The passage was so remarkably short, that the captain threw out this reflection, that the wind could not have served better if his passengers had been flying for their lives, little thinking...