The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Հատոր 4J. Cumberland, 1820 |
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... less than £ 100,000 per annum . On examining into an immoderate charge for fruit , his majesty asked how the produce of the royal garden was disposed of ? It was answered , that the fruit was not yet come to maturity ; and that when it ...
... less than £ 100,000 per annum . On examining into an immoderate charge for fruit , his majesty asked how the produce of the royal garden was disposed of ? It was answered , that the fruit was not yet come to maturity ; and that when it ...
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... less prices . The prices in the ordi- nary houses were from five guineas to one guinea ; so that one little house in Coronation Row , after the scaffolding was paid for , cleared £ 700 , and some large houses , upwards of £ 1000 . In ...
... less prices . The prices in the ordi- nary houses were from five guineas to one guinea ; so that one little house in Coronation Row , after the scaffolding was paid for , cleared £ 700 , and some large houses , upwards of £ 1000 . In ...
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... less severe to her country women of Mecklen- burg , the king furnished her with a considerable sum of money , which was divided by way of indemnifi- cation among a numerous body of titled expectants ; and , with the exception of Madame ...
... less severe to her country women of Mecklen- burg , the king furnished her with a considerable sum of money , which was divided by way of indemnifi- cation among a numerous body of titled expectants ; and , with the exception of Madame ...
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... less of profusion than of justice . The real facts were these . The Duchy of Mecklen- burg had suffered so much during the recent war , from the spoliations of the Prussians , that for a consider- able time , the inhabitants were ...
... less of profusion than of justice . The real facts were these . The Duchy of Mecklen- burg had suffered so much during the recent war , from the spoliations of the Prussians , that for a consider- able time , the inhabitants were ...
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... less than the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood , in order that no improper ad- vantages might be taken by other labourers to raise their wages . But he made up for this seeming defi- ciency , by ordering his workmen every day at ...
... less than the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood , in order that no improper ad- vantages might be taken by other labourers to raise their wages . But he made up for this seeming defi- ciency , by ordering his workmen every day at ...
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Էջ 147 - The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both rich and poor; with an Appendix containing Reflections on the present State of England and France.
Էջ 123 - That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your Majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country.
Էջ 30 - ... history of every wound, and grow themselves soldiers, before they find strength for the field. But this were nothing, did we not feel the alternate insolence of either army as it happens to advance or retreat, in pursuing the operations of the campaign.
Էջ 121 - Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say, that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the United States, but that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.
Էջ 120 - Sir: The United States of America have appointed me their minister plenipotentiary to your Majesty, and have directed me to deliver to your Majesty this letter which contains the evidence of it. It is in obedience to their express commands, that I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness,...
Էջ 93 - When I mentioned the smallness of the church livings in Scotland, he said, ' he wondered how men of liberal education would choose to become clergymen there ; ' and asked, ' whether, in the remote parts of the country, the clergy, in general, were not very ignorant?' I answered, ' No, for that education was very cheap in Scotland, and -that the clergy, in general, were men of good sense, and competent learning.
Էջ 30 - It is impossible to express the confusion, even those who call themselves our friends create. Even those from whom we might expect redress oppress us with new calamities. From your justice, therefore, it is that we hope relief; to you even children and women may complain, whose humanity stoops to the meanest petition, and whose power is capable of repressing the greatest injustice. "I am, Sire, &c.
Էջ 21 - You have heard, continued he, of an old Lord Bathurst, of whom your Popes and Swifts have sung and spoken so much: I have lived my life with geniuses of that cast; but have survived them; and, despairing ever to find their equals, it is some years since I have...
Էջ 76 - The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion, adding, ' You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.
Էջ 30 - I am not expert at description, nor can my fancy add any horrors to the picture ; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at the hideous prospect now before me. The whole Country, my dear Country, lies one frightful waste, presenting only objects to excite terror, pity and despair. The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite discontinued; the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers themselves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly occupied.