Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Том 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... considered him- self free from all engagements contracted on his part by the treaty of Seville , and at full liberty to adopt such measures as should be most suitable to his interests . Soon after these transactions , the duke of Parma ...
... considered him- self free from all engagements contracted on his part by the treaty of Seville , and at full liberty to adopt such measures as should be most suitable to his interests . Soon after these transactions , the duke of Parma ...
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... considered the mission as too great a condescension after the ill usage he had received from the Emperor , sent word that he approved the person , though he disliked the errand . * Lord Waldegrave set out in May 1727 , and arrived at ...
... considered the mission as too great a condescension after the ill usage he had received from the Emperor , sent word that he approved the person , though he disliked the errand . * Lord Waldegrave set out in May 1727 , and arrived at ...
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... considered as incapable of writing such excellent dispatches , as he transmitted to England , and they were principally attributed to his secretary , Mr. Thompson . But this un- just imputation was soon proved to be false , when the ...
... considered as incapable of writing such excellent dispatches , as he transmitted to England , and they were principally attributed to his secretary , Mr. Thompson . But this un- just imputation was soon proved to be false , when the ...
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... considered this alliance as a prelude to incessant bickerings and future contests . Being also well acquainted with the domineering spirit of the house of Austria , and the eagerness of Charles the Sixth , to obtain from all the powers ...
... considered this alliance as a prelude to incessant bickerings and future contests . Being also well acquainted with the domineering spirit of the house of Austria , and the eagerness of Charles the Sixth , to obtain from all the powers ...
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... considered as a martyr to their cause . * He also engaged with his friend in de- fending the Whig administration , and wrote the ironical dedication to the earl of Oxford , pre- fixed to Walpole's account of the parliament , which I ...
... considered as a martyr to their cause . * He also engaged with his friend in de- fending the Whig administration , and wrote the ironical dedication to the earl of Oxford , pre- fixed to Walpole's account of the parliament , which I ...
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Страница 40 - ... now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Страница 148 - ... all his art to destroy the fountain from whence that mercy flowed. In that country, suppose him continually contracting friendships and familiarities with the ambassadors of those princes who at the time happen to be most at enmity with his own. And if at any time it should happen to be for the interest of any of those foreign Ministers to have a secret divulged to them which might be highly prejudicial to his native country, as well as to all...
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Страница 147 - ... gentlemen, with respect to their political behaviour, moved by him, and by him solely, all they say, either in private or public, being only a repetition of the words he has put into their mouths, and a spitting out...
Страница 286 - Disraeli's motion, that the House should resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the state of the nation, was negatived by a majority of 296 to 156.
Страница 147 - ... administration, by the name of blunderer. Suppose this fine gentleman lucky enough to have gained over to his party some persons really of fine parts, of ancient families and of great fortunes, and others of desperate views arising from disappointed and malicious hearts...