The Life of Charles, Third Earl StanhopeLongmans, Green and Company, 1914 - 286 էջ |
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... later life , when , after a long absence , he went down to the House of Lords in a plain dress , an attempt was made by the doorkeeper to bar his entrance with the words : ' Honest man , you have no business in this place ! ' ' I am ...
... later life , when , after a long absence , he went down to the House of Lords in a plain dress , an attempt was made by the doorkeeper to bar his entrance with the words : ' Honest man , you have no business in this place ! ' ' I am ...
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... later years , Charles was frequently compared to Don Quixote , whom he resembled not only in appearance but still more in valour and high - mindedness . Lord Stanhope had been educated at Leyden and Geneva , and was absorbed in science ...
... later years , Charles was frequently compared to Don Quixote , whom he resembled not only in appearance but still more in valour and high - mindedness . Lord Stanhope had been educated at Leyden and Geneva , and was absorbed in science ...
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... later , he wrote a facetious letter to his old tutor : ' Si j'étois à Genève aujourd'hui je ferois au moins 150 à 200 visites pour baiser toutes les jolies dames de ma connaissance . Nous n'avons pas de ces bonnes coûtumes dans ce paix ...
... later , he wrote a facetious letter to his old tutor : ' Si j'étois à Genève aujourd'hui je ferois au moins 150 à 200 visites pour baiser toutes les jolies dames de ma connaissance . Nous n'avons pas de ces bonnes coûtumes dans ce paix ...
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... Later , he read Locke On the Human Understanding ' and Blackstone's Commentaries . Under the guidance of Georges Le Sage , one of the most learned men of his day , Mahon applied himself eagerly to mechanics , philosophy , and the higher ...
... Later , he read Locke On the Human Understanding ' and Blackstone's Commentaries . Under the guidance of Georges Le Sage , one of the most learned men of his day , Mahon applied himself eagerly to mechanics , philosophy , and the higher ...
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... Later , he read Locke On the Human Understanding ' and Blackstone's Commentaries . Under the guidance of Georges Le Sage , one of the most learned men of his day , Mahon applied himself eagerly to mechanics , philosophy , and the higher ...
... Later , he read Locke On the Human Understanding ' and Blackstone's Commentaries . Under the guidance of Georges Le Sage , one of the most learned men of his day , Mahon applied himself eagerly to mechanics , philosophy , and the higher ...
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The Life of Charles, Third Earl Stanhope Ghita Stanhope,George Peabody Gooch Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1914 |
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Admiralty assignats believe Bill Boulton & Watt British Burke Catholics Chancellor CHAP Charles Chevening House Chevening MSS citizens Committee constitution correspondence dear death debate declared Duke Earl Stanhope election England expressed father favour February France French Revolution Fulton Geneva George Gillray give Government Grenville happy Hist honour hope Horace Walpole House of Lords Ibid invented jury justice Kent King Lady Chatham Lady Hester Lady Stanhope later Leard letter liberty London London Corresponding Society Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord Mahon Lord Stanhope Lordship measure meeting Memoirs ment Minister motion moved Navy Board never object October opinion Parl Parliament Parliamentary Reform peace Peers persons petition Pitt Pitt's political present principles proposed protest received replied respect Revolution Society ship speech Stanhope's steam-engine took trial Varley vessel vote Westminster Whig Wilberforce wish writes wrote
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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.