Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Prime Minister 1710-1714: A Study of Politics and Letters in the Age of AnneMethuen & Company, 1902 - 256 頁 |
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... . Released from the Tower on failure of prosecu- tion . Proceedings begun for introduction of Peerage Bill . Death of Harley in London . CONTENTS CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE 1661-1700 Harley's Character in History X TABLE OF DATES.
... . Released from the Tower on failure of prosecu- tion . Proceedings begun for introduction of Peerage Bill . Death of Harley in London . CONTENTS CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE 1661-1700 Harley's Character in History X TABLE OF DATES.
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... tion and spirit . In October she wrote to her husband : " All the children are well , but I have taken an exceeding great cold , which much troubles me . I beseech the Lord to preserve you and to give you a comfortable meeting with your ...
... tion and spirit . In October she wrote to her husband : " All the children are well , but I have taken an exceeding great cold , which much troubles me . I beseech the Lord to preserve you and to give you a comfortable meeting with your ...
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... tion throws light both on Harley's character and career , since we see him carrying a financial measure which , unsound though it may have been , was at the time regarded as of the first importance by large numbers of his contemporaries ...
... tion throws light both on Harley's character and career , since we see him carrying a financial measure which , unsound though it may have been , was at the time regarded as of the first importance by large numbers of his contemporaries ...
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... tion of the real opinion of Harley among those who were not political partisans , and the best evidence of the influential position to which he had already risen . The evolution of two well - defined parliamentary and political parties ...
... tion of the real opinion of Harley among those who were not political partisans , and the best evidence of the influential position to which he had already risen . The evolution of two well - defined parliamentary and political parties ...
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... tion for sobriety of thought and action , that Go- dolphin might reasonably expect that by securing him as a member of his administration he had definitely attached to his middle party one who , if nominally a Tory , would carry with ...
... tion for sobriety of thought and action , that Go- dolphin might reasonably expect that by securing him as a member of his administration he had definitely attached to his middle party one who , if nominally a Tory , would carry with ...
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¹ Harley action Administration affairs age of Anne agreeable Allies appointed Arbuthnot became Bill Bolingbroke Brampton Brampton Bryan career character Church collection Court death desire Dissenters Duke Earl of Oxford Edward Harley Elector England English favour Foe's France friendship Godolphin Government Halifax Hanoverian Harley and Bolingbroke Harley Papers Harley's policy Herefordshire Hist honour hope House of Commons House of Lords Humphrey Wanley impeachment influence interest Jacobite John Bay July King Lady leader letter London Longleat Longleat MSS Lord Treasurer Lordship MARLBOROUGH AND HARLEY Masham ment Ministry moderate National Portrait Gallery negotiations never Nonconformists opinion opponents opposed Parl Parliament parliamentary passed peace peerage peers political politician position Pretender Queen reason regarded remarkable Robert Harley scheme Scotland Scriblerus South Sea sovereign statesman success Swift tion Tory party Treaty Treaty of Utrecht union Utrecht Wanley Whigs writes wrote
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第 123 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 200 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 60 頁 - A Review of the Affairs of France, and of all Europe, as influenced by that Nation...
第 97 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 169 頁 - The wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid...
第 144 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 194 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 26 頁 - Let me conjure you to disappoint the only hopes of our enemies, by your unanimity : I have shown, and will always show, how desirous I am to be the common father of all my people ; do you, in like manner, lay aside parties and divisions ;. let there be no other distinction heard of among us for the future, but of those who are for the Protestant religion and the present establishment, and of those who mean a Popish prince and a French government.
第 199 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 189 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...