The Life of Charles, Third Earl StanhopeLongmans, Green and Company, 1914 - 286 էջ |
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... interest in the civic population in the breasts of the young patricians , and assiduously frequented every class of society . " 1 To Lady Chatham , February 26 , 1770 . 2 View of Society and Manners in France and Switzerland , ii . 164 ...
... interest in the civic population in the breasts of the young patricians , and assiduously frequented every class of society . " 1 To Lady Chatham , February 26 , 1770 . 2 View of Society and Manners in France and Switzerland , ii . 164 ...
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... interests as little better than necromancy , his pursuit of reforms from which no benefit could accrue to himself as sheer madness . Even his hygienic ways , imbibed from Tronchin , must have appeared crazy , and it was con- sidered ...
... interests as little better than necromancy , his pursuit of reforms from which no benefit could accrue to himself as sheer madness . Even his hygienic ways , imbibed from Tronchin , must have appeared crazy , and it was con- sidered ...
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... interest . ' Lord Chatham's eldest daughter , ' wrote Walpole to Sir Horace Mann , ' is married to Lord Mahon , Lord Stanhope's son and a descendant of your old Baileys and Binnings . So I make you my compliments . ' ' I wish I could ...
... interest . ' Lord Chatham's eldest daughter , ' wrote Walpole to Sir Horace Mann , ' is married to Lord Mahon , Lord Stanhope's son and a descendant of your old Baileys and Binnings . So I make you my compliments . ' ' I wish I could ...
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... interests ? My country is here , ' he continued , point- ing to the heavens . He compared himself to Pompey soliciting the votes of the Roman citizens , and declared that , like Pompey , he was ready to expire , if necessary , in ...
... interests ? My country is here , ' he continued , point- ing to the heavens . He compared himself to Pompey soliciting the votes of the Roman citizens , and declared that , like Pompey , he was ready to expire , if necessary , in ...
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... interest ; and when some years later a discussion in the Royal Society arose as to the relative merits of Franklin's pointed lightning - conductors and those with ' knobbed ends , ' Charles warmly espoused the cause of his friend . He ...
... interest ; and when some years later a discussion in the Royal Society arose as to the relative merits of Franklin's pointed lightning - conductors and those with ' knobbed ends , ' Charles warmly espoused the cause of his friend . He ...
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Էջ 274 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Էջ 53 - That it is now necessary to declare, that, to report any opinion, or pretended opinion, of his Majesty upon any bill, or other proceeding, depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the constitution of this country...
Էջ 82 - After sharing in the benefits of one revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious.
Էջ 44 - Commons, that the war on the continent of North America may no longer be pursued for the impracticable purpose of reducing the inhabitants of that country to obedience...
Էջ 31 - He looked like a dying man ; yet never was seen a figure of more dignity ; he appeared like a being of a superior species.
Էջ 144 - Dear Citizen, — This morning at six o'clock Citizen Hardy was taken away by order from the Secretary of State's office : they seized every thing they could lay hands on. Query — Is it possible to get ready by Thursday...
Էջ 275 - I believe that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Էջ 90 - That this meeting does most cordially rejoice in the establishment and confirmation of liberty in France, and that it beholds, with peculiar satisfaction, the sentiments of amity and good-will which appear to pervade the people of that country towards this, especially at a time when it is the manifest interest...
Էջ 276 - I further declare, that I do not believe that any sin whatsoever committed by me can be forgiven at the mere will of any pope, or of any priest, or of any person or persons whatsoever; but...
Էջ 83 - France their congratulations on the Revolution in that country, and on the prospect it gives to the two first kingdoms in the world, of a common participation in the blessings of civil and religious liberty.