History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... Influence of Colonel Hay ( Lord Inverness ) Quarrel between James and his Consort She retires to a convent at Rome 1726. Ill effects to the Jacobite cause - The Duke of Wharton openly joins it Proceeds on a mission to Madrid His strange ...
... Influence of Colonel Hay ( Lord Inverness ) Quarrel between James and his Consort She retires to a convent at Rome 1726. Ill effects to the Jacobite cause - The Duke of Wharton openly joins it Proceeds on a mission to Madrid His strange ...
Sivu 13
... influence with the Bank ; for that body , though it entered into negotiations , would not proceed in them , and refused to ratify a contract drawn up and proposed by the Minister . * Once lost , the public confidence could not be ...
... influence with the Bank ; for that body , though it entered into negotiations , would not proceed in them , and refused to ratify a contract drawn up and proposed by the Minister . * Once lost , the public confidence could not be ...
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... influence , chiefly , the amendment of Shippen was rejected by 261 against 103 ; but next day on the Report no one ventured to oppose the inser- tion of words " to punish the authors of our present mis- 66 " fortunes . " Three days ...
... influence , chiefly , the amendment of Shippen was rejected by 261 against 103 ; but next day on the Report no one ventured to oppose the inser- tion of words " to punish the authors of our present mis- 66 " fortunes . " Three days ...
Sivu 22
... influence at Court , however , still continued ; and he obtained the appointment of Lord Carteret in the room of Secretary Craggs . The South Sea Directors , on the other hand , were treated as a body , and with no measured severity ...
... influence at Court , however , still continued ; and he obtained the appointment of Lord Carteret in the room of Secretary Craggs . The South Sea Directors , on the other hand , were treated as a body , and with no measured severity ...
Sivu 26
... influence , and was not therefore likely to misrepresent his opinions ; yet it seems difficult to believe that so cool and cautious a statesman should have supported this violent and unconstitutional scheme . Be this as it may , the ...
... influence , and was not therefore likely to misrepresent his opinions ; yet it seems difficult to believe that so cool and cautious a statesman should have supported this violent and unconstitutional scheme . Be this as it may , the ...
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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...