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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... honour which this country , through the blessing of Providence , has enjoyed under the present reigning family ! 1 . A part of this happiness and honour should , no doubt , also be ascribed to the cautious limitations which accom ...
... honour which this country , through the blessing of Providence , has enjoyed under the present reigning family ! 1 . A part of this happiness and honour should , no doubt , also be ascribed to the cautious limitations which accom ...
第 36 頁
... honour , raised himself from the station of a footman ) ; and , though they were joined by several of the other party , such as Sir George Newland and Mr. Heysham , they were , on the division , outvoted by 252 against 130. Yet ...
... honour , raised himself from the station of a footman ) ; and , though they were joined by several of the other party , such as Sir George Newland and Mr. Heysham , they were , on the division , outvoted by 252 against 130. Yet ...
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... honour of preaching before them on the Restoration Day ; and the Court was no less forward in conferring a rich benefice upon him . Never , perhaps , had any man attained a higher pitch of popularity . We are told , that as as he passed ...
... honour of preaching before them on the Restoration Day ; and the Court was no less forward in conferring a rich benefice upon him . Never , perhaps , had any man attained a higher pitch of popularity . We are told , that as as he passed ...
第 41 頁
... honour- " able peace . I heartily thank you for the assistance you “ have given me therein , and I promise myself that , with your concurrence , it will be lasting . To this end I re- 66 CC * Tindal's History , vol . vi . p . 106 ...
... honour- " able peace . I heartily thank you for the assistance you “ have given me therein , and I promise myself that , with your concurrence , it will be lasting . To this end I re- 66 CC * Tindal's History , vol . vi . p . 106 ...
第 47 頁
... honour of this august assembly to show " that they are better bred and have more complaisance " than the Commons ! " A strange argument for legis- lators ! Still less was there at this period any publication of the lists of the ...
... honour of this august assembly to show " that they are better bred and have more complaisance " than the Commons ! " A strange argument for legis- lators ! Still less was there at this period any publication of the lists of the ...
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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...