History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, 第 1 卷Little, Brown, 1853 - 436 頁 |
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... Ministers Resentment of the Queen Change of policy in the Whig party - Lord Clarendon sent ambassador to Hanover Death of the Princess Sophia The Schism Act Speech of Stanhope Lord Oxford's ambiguous conduct Machinations of the ...
... Ministers Resentment of the Queen Change of policy in the Whig party - Lord Clarendon sent ambassador to Hanover Death of the Princess Sophia The Schism Act Speech of Stanhope Lord Oxford's ambiguous conduct Machinations of the ...
第 vi 頁
... Ministers Bolingbroke escapes to France The Committee of Secrecy Examination of Prior Report of the Committee Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Ormond are impeached Flight of Ormond Oxford is committed to the Tower Impolicy of these acts of ...
... Ministers Bolingbroke escapes to France The Committee of Secrecy Examination of Prior Report of the Committee Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Ormond are impeached Flight of Ormond Oxford is committed to the Tower Impolicy of these acts of ...
第 viii 頁
... Ministerial schism 252 Letters of Townshend and Walpole 1717. The King returns to England The Ministers are reconciled Negotiation at the Hague 253 255 ib . t 256 CONTENTS . ix A. D. 717. Conclusion of the Triple viii CONTENTS .
... Ministerial schism 252 Letters of Townshend and Walpole 1717. The King returns to England The Ministers are reconciled Negotiation at the Hague 253 255 ib . t 256 CONTENTS . ix A. D. 717. Conclusion of the Triple viii CONTENTS .
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... Ministers , therefore , concurred in these views , they , at least , did not concur in any personal injury or insult to the sovereign whom they served . Nay , these views were more than suspected to be in accordance with Her Majesty's ...
... Ministers , therefore , concurred in these views , they , at least , did not concur in any personal injury or insult to the sovereign whom they served . Nay , these views were more than suspected to be in accordance with Her Majesty's ...
第 18 頁
... Ministers re- sident in England is a later , and , in my opinion , a mis- chievous and unwarrantable innovation . Thus amongst the gentry and middle classes of Queen Anne's time , the French language was much undervalued , and seldom ...
... Ministers re- sident in England is a later , and , in my opinion , a mis- chievous and unwarrantable innovation . Thus amongst the gentry and middle classes of Queen Anne's time , the French language was much undervalued , and seldom ...
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第 11 頁 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
第 12 頁 - Judges' Commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
第 50 頁 - Majesty to the House of Commons, complaining of the " great license which is taken in publishing false and scandalous libels, such as are a reproach to any government;" and declaring that " this evil seems to be grown too strong for the laws now in force.
第 185 頁 - ... disappointed in us, we were tenfold more so in him. We saw nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak. His countenance looked extremely heavy. He cared not to come abroad amongst us soldiers, or to see us handle our arms or do our exercise. Some said the circumstances he found us in dejected him ; I am sure the figure he made dejected us ; and, had he sent us but five thousand...
第 11 頁 - That, in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defense of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
第 82 頁 - My Lords, I have many children, and I know not whether God Almighty will vouchsafe to let me live to give them the education I could wish they had ; therefore, my Lords, I own I tremble when I think that a certain divine, who is hardly suspected of being a Christian (meaning, as we read in the annals, Dr. Swift,) is in a fair way of being a bishop, and may one day give licence to those who shall be intrusted with the instruction of youth.
第 271 頁 - Horace, to whom, in his private character, he might, perhaps, not unaptly be compared. He was good-tempered, joyous, and sensual, with an elegant taste for the arts; a warm friend, an indulgent master, and a boon companion. We are told of him, that whenever he received a packet of letters, the one from his gamekeeper was usually the first which he opened. To women he was greatly addicted, and his daughter by his second wife was born before their marriage. He had an easy and flowing wit, but too commonly...
第 23 頁 - There was a drawing-room to-day at court : but so few company, that the Queen sent for us into her bed-chamber, where we made our bows, and stood about twenty of us round the room, while she looked at us round with her fan in her mouth, and once a minute said about three words to some that were nearest her, and then she was told dinner was ready, and went out.
第 92 頁 - I a son," he said on one occasion, "I would sooner " breed him a cobbler than a courtier, and a hangman than "a statesman...
第 22 頁 - Queen need not detain us long. She was a very weak woman, full of prejudices, fond of flattery, always governed blindly by some female favourite, and, as Swift bitterly observes, " had not a stock of amity to serve above one object at a "time...