A history of the four Georges (and of William iv) by J. (and J.H.) McCarthy, 第 1 卷1884 |
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第 43 頁
... Walpole . Walpole was as much of a rustic as Lord Althorp in times nearer to our own acknowledged himself to be ... Walpole's intellect needed the perpetual spur . Yet Walpole , with his lack of imagination , of eloquence , of wit ...
... Walpole . Walpole was as much of a rustic as Lord Althorp in times nearer to our own acknowledged himself to be ... Walpole's intellect needed the perpetual spur . Yet Walpole , with his lack of imagination , of eloquence , of wit ...
第 78 頁
... Walpole has left a description of King George which is worth citation . ' The person of the King , ' he says , ' is ... Walpole's , at Richmond Hill , where he used to drink so much punch that even the Duchess of Kendal endeavoured to ...
... Walpole has left a description of King George which is worth citation . ' The person of the King , ' he says , ' is ... Walpole's , at Richmond Hill , where he used to drink so much punch that even the Duchess of Kendal endeavoured to ...
第 127 頁
... Walpole was at first put in the subordinate office of Paymaster - General , without a seat in the Cabinet ; a place in administration which at a later period was assigned to no less a man than Edmund Burke . Walpole's political capacity ...
... Walpole was at first put in the subordinate office of Paymaster - General , without a seat in the Cabinet ; a place in administration which at a later period was assigned to no less a man than Edmund Burke . Walpole's political capacity ...
第 128 頁
Justin McCarthy. Walpole himself , the most notable man in the Ad- ministration - the man , that is to say , who became best known to the world afterwards - was Pulteney , now Walpole's devoted friend , before long to be his bitter and ...
Justin McCarthy. Walpole himself , the most notable man in the Ad- ministration - the man , that is to say , who became best known to the world afterwards - was Pulteney , now Walpole's devoted friend , before long to be his bitter and ...
第 139 頁
... Walpole's imprisonment . These were men not likely to forget or to forgive such injuries . At first the Tories seem ... Walpole , as chairman of the Committee of Secrecy , rose and told the House of Commons that he had to present a ...
... Walpole's imprisonment . These were men not likely to forget or to forgive such injuries . At first the Tories seem ... Walpole , as chairman of the Committee of Secrecy , rose and told the House of Commons that he had to present a ...
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第 37 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.
第 62 頁 - THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen died on Sunday. What a world is this and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland.
第 280 頁 - An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain such persons as His Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government.
第 9 頁 - Two fierce black eyes, large and rolling beneath two lofty arched eye-brows, two acres of cheeks spread with crimson, an ocean of neck that overflowed and was not distinguished from the lower part of her body, and no part restrained by stays — no wonder that a child dreaded such an ogress...
第 252 頁 - A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
第 233 頁 - ... kingdom; and that all proceedings before the said house of lords, upon any such judgment, sentence, or decree, are, and are hereby declared to be, utterly null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
第 185 頁 - ... my distress. When I was in the room, I talked to him as if he had been really present, and answered my own questions in my lord's voice as nearly as I could imitate it. I walked up and down, as if we were conversing together, till I thought they had time enough thoroughly to clear themselves of the guards.
第 57 頁 - Argyll, the state's whole thunder born to wield, And shake alike the senate and the field?
第 338 頁 - I am then, two-thirds restored, my person safe (unless I meet hereafter with harder treatment than even that of Sir Walter Raleigh ;) and my estate, with all the other property I have acquired or may acquire, secured to me. But the attainder is kept carefully and prudently in force, lest so corrupt a member should come again into the House of Lords, and his bad leaven should sour that sweet untainted mass.
第 40 頁 - talked of business in so confused a manner that you did not know what he was about, and everything he went to tell you was in the epic way, for he always began in the middle.