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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第 xii 頁
... Whigs - Increasing Strength of the Tories and Clergy - Harley and Mrs. Masham - Revolt of the Queen against the Whigs - Dismissal of Godolphin- Harley appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer - Harley's Political Position 92 CONTENTS xiii ...
... Whigs - Increasing Strength of the Tories and Clergy - Harley and Mrs. Masham - Revolt of the Queen against the Whigs - Dismissal of Godolphin- Harley appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer - Harley's Political Position 92 CONTENTS xiii ...
第 xiii 頁
... Whig Junto - The Position of Halifax - Harley forms a Tory Cabinet - Contrast between Harley and Bolingbroke - Introduction ... Whigs - Bill against Occasional Conformity carried - De Foe's Suggestion to defeat it - The Political Crisis ...
... Whig Junto - The Position of Halifax - Harley forms a Tory Cabinet - Contrast between Harley and Bolingbroke - Introduction ... Whigs - Bill against Occasional Conformity carried - De Foe's Suggestion to defeat it - The Political Crisis ...
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... Whig . But the funda- mental differences which were presently to divide the country and Parliament had not yet arisen , and it was as a friend of civil and religious liberty , and as an adherent of the new dynasty , that Harley entered ...
... Whig . But the funda- mental differences which were presently to divide the country and Parliament had not yet arisen , and it was as a friend of civil and religious liberty , and as an adherent of the new dynasty , that Harley entered ...
第 19 頁
... Whig Ministry in 1697 after the Peace of Ryswyck in regard to a standing army , Harley acted with perfect consistency , and the position which he maintained was moderate and statesmanlike . For once , at any rate , the middle course so ...
... Whig Ministry in 1697 after the Peace of Ryswyck in regard to a standing army , Harley acted with perfect consistency , and the position which he maintained was moderate and statesmanlike . For once , at any rate , the middle course so ...
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... Whigs in 1694 , largely in the interest of the merchants of London , who were identified with the Whig party , and its creation , in spite of early difficulties , was already seen to be of national importance . Harley , watchful of the ...
... Whigs in 1694 , largely in the interest of the merchants of London , who were identified with the Whig party , and its creation , in spite of early difficulties , was already seen to be of national importance . Harley , watchful of the ...
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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.