Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Prime Minister, 1710-1714: A Study of Politics and Letters in the Age of AnnePutnam, 1902 - 256 頁 |
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... King , to the assumption by Cromwell of almost autocratic power ; and , like others who had served the cause of Parliament well , he lost in time the confidence of the Protector . It was natural , therefore , that he should be in favour ...
... King , to the assumption by Cromwell of almost autocratic power ; and , like others who had served the cause of Parliament well , he lost in time the confidence of the Protector . It was natural , therefore , that he should be in favour ...
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... King and of James II . , he held himself aloof from party struggles . He was heartily an adherent of William of Orange , and after the Revolution was always ready in Parliament to support all reasonable measures . He died in 1700 at his ...
... King and of James II . , he held himself aloof from party struggles . He was heartily an adherent of William of Orange , and after the Revolution was always ready in Parliament to support all reasonable measures . He died in 1700 at his ...
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... , so that Mr. Blathwaite and others of the King's people were almost afraid to speak before him . " 1 1 Wentworth Papers , edited by Cartwright , p . 134 . SOCIABILITY 15 In 1690 , Harley became a Commissioner for 14 ROBERT HARLEY.
... , so that Mr. Blathwaite and others of the King's people were almost afraid to speak before him . " 1 1 Wentworth Papers , edited by Cartwright , p . 134 . SOCIABILITY 15 In 1690 , Harley became a Commissioner for 14 ROBERT HARLEY.
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... King , and each , as was to be expected , was supported by Harley . Triennial Parliaments had been brought into existence by the Long Parliament in 1641 , and they had been destroyed by the Tories after the Restoration . All the ...
... King , and each , as was to be expected , was supported by Harley . Triennial Parliaments had been brought into existence by the Long Parliament in 1641 , and they had been destroyed by the Tories after the Restoration . All the ...
第 18 頁
... King was the price of supply . Be that as it may , it passed through all its stages without opposition , and received the royal assent . * Macaulay has asserted that Harley liked to thwart the King , and that in order to do so he was ...
... King was the price of supply . Be that as it may , it passed through all its stages without opposition , and received the royal assent . * Macaulay has asserted that Harley liked to thwart the King , and that in order to do so he was ...
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第 147 頁 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery...
第 226 頁 - Scriblerus was to have ridiculed all the false tastes in learning, under the character of a man of capacity enough ; that had dipped into every art and science, but injudiciously in each.
第 68 頁 - A Review of the Affairs of France, and of all Europe, as influenced by that Nation...
第 105 頁 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money.
第 193 頁 - I congratulate the time being come that the wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid. These are very happy prognostics.
第 166 頁 - I was resolved to stay till I could tell you the queen had got so far the better of the dragon as to take her power out of his hands. " He has been the most ungrateful man to her, and to all his best friends, that ever was born. " I cannot have so much time now to write all my mind, because my dear mistress is not well ; and I think I may lay her illness to the charge of the Treasurer, who, for three weeks together, was teasing and vexing her without intermission ! And she could not get rid of him...
第 218 頁 - John Gay. I'm no more to converse with the swains, But go where fine people resort : One can live without money on plains, But never without it at court. If, when with the swains I did gambol, I array'd me in silver and blue : When abroad, and in courts I shall ramble, Pray, my lord, how much money will do...
第 223 頁 - The end of our Club is to advance conversation and friendship, and to reward deserving persons with our interest and recommendation. We take in none but men of wit or men of interest; and if we go on as we begin, no other Club in this town will be worth talking of.
第 213 頁 - He has the best skill in ancient hands and MSS. of any man not only of this, but, I believe, of any former age...
第 203 頁 - tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.