Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second, Том 2Richard Bentley, 1843 |
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... tion from his wife . Her letters to Swift and Harley . - St. John enters the House of Commons , and distinguishes him- self by his eloquence . He unites himself to Harley's party , and is appointed , in his twenty - sixth year ...
... tion from his wife . Her letters to Swift and Harley . - St. John enters the House of Commons , and distinguishes him- self by his eloquence . He unites himself to Harley's party , and is appointed , in his twenty - sixth year ...
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... tion . Committal to the Tower . Speaker Onslow's character of him . Public sympathy for Atterbury . His harsh treat- ment in the Tower . His letter to Pope . His eloquent speech on his trial . Sentence passed on him . Trial of strength ...
... tion . Committal to the Tower . Speaker Onslow's character of him . Public sympathy for Atterbury . His harsh treat- ment in the Tower . His letter to Pope . His eloquent speech on his trial . Sentence passed on him . Trial of strength ...
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... tion , and the quiet which it had procured her ; but unfortunately that quiet , and its consequent exemption from the fatigues of sovereignty , it was no longer in the power of the minister to in- sure . The poor Queen had again become ...
... tion , and the quiet which it had procured her ; but unfortunately that quiet , and its consequent exemption from the fatigues of sovereignty , it was no longer in the power of the minister to in- sure . The poor Queen had again become ...
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... tion , and apparently of love . Sixteen years after their marriage , and about two years after Boling- broke's political disgrace , she thus writes to Swift , the intimate friend of her husband : - " As to my temper , if it is possible ...
... tion , and apparently of love . Sixteen years after their marriage , and about two years after Boling- broke's political disgrace , she thus writes to Swift , the intimate friend of her husband : - " As to my temper , if it is possible ...
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... tion of the helm , unhesitatingly joined his for- tunes to those of that celebrated man . The result proved that he acted wisely for his own interests , for on the secession of several of the high Tories from the Godolphin ...
... tion of the helm , unhesitatingly joined his for- tunes to those of that celebrated man . The result proved that he acted wisely for his own interests , for on the secession of several of the high Tories from the Godolphin ...
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Страница 228 - Some natural tears he dropped, but wiped them soon : The world was all before him, where to choose His place of rest, and Providence his guide.
Страница 386 - Lepell) walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the king, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain, all alone, under the garden wall.
Страница 178 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Страница 389 - Hervey, wo'uld you know the passion, You have kindled in my breast? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed. " In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence known; In my eyes you'll best discover, All the power of your own.
Страница 420 - Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...
Страница 104 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest - -young man I ever knew; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners; generous, and a despiser of money.
Страница 162 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.
Страница 369 - What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
Страница 348 - ... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them.
Страница 166 - Algerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor.