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Walpole , afterwards Sir Robert , chairman of the secret committee against St .
John , presents the report of the committee to the House of Commons . — Nature
of the charges against St . John . – Walpole formally impeaches St . John of high
...
Walpole , afterwards Sir Robert , chairman of the secret committee against St .
John , presents the report of the committee to the House of Commons . — Nature
of the charges against St . John . – Walpole formally impeaches St . John of high
...
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In 1647 , this gentleman was one of the eleven members of the House of
Commons who insisted on the expediency of coming to terms with the
unfortunate King , and who were in consequence impeached by the army for high
treason . He had ...
In 1647 , this gentleman was one of the eleven members of the House of
Commons who insisted on the expediency of coming to terms with the
unfortunate King , and who were in consequence impeached by the army for high
treason . He had ...
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Robert Walpole , as chairman of the Secret Committee for collecting evidence
against the late ministry , stood up in the House of Commons , and impeached
Henry Lord Viscount Bolingbroke of high treason . After a short discussion , in
which ...
Robert Walpole , as chairman of the Secret Committee for collecting evidence
against the late ministry , stood up in the House of Commons , and impeached
Henry Lord Viscount Bolingbroke of high treason . After a short discussion , in
which ...
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The peers assembled at the appointed hour ; the Commons attended as a
committee of the whole House ; the King , the Royal Family , and the foreign
anbassadors , were present ; and , with the usual ceremony , Harley was
conducted from ...
The peers assembled at the appointed hour ; the Commons attended as a
committee of the whole House ; the King , the Royal Family , and the foreign
anbassadors , were present ; and , with the usual ceremony , Harley was
conducted from ...
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After twelve years ' laborious service , and after the talent he had displayed in
conducting the treaty of Utrecht , as well as in leading the House of Commons ,
he had certainly some right to expect the gratitude both of his sovereign and his ...
After twelve years ' laborious service , and after the talent he had displayed in
conducting the treaty of Utrecht , as well as in leading the House of Commons ,
he had certainly some right to expect the gratitude both of his sovereign and his ...
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Seite 361 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal...
Seite 376 - 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.
Seite 409 - The next day, while I was heated with what I had heard, I wrote a letter to Mr. Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that, if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should...
Seite 174 - 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...
Seite 364 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flowery theme, ' A painted mistress, or a purling stream.
Seite 102 - 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.
Seite 340 - ... 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.
Seite 215 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Seite 208 - Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow : Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Seite 195 - I said to my heart, between sleeping and waking, ' Thou wild thing that always art leaping or aching, What black, brown, or fair, in what clime, in what nation, By turns has not taught thee a pit-a-pat-ation ? ' " Thus accused, the wild thing gave this sober reply : ' See, the heart without motion, though Celia pass by ! Not the beauty she has, not the wit that she borrows, Give the eye any joys, or the heart any sorrows. « ' When our Sappho appears, — she, whose wit so refined I am forced to...
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| Titel | Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second, Band 2 Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second, John Heneage Jesse |
| Autor/in | John Heneage Jesse |
| Veröffentlicht | 1843 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Okt. 2006 |
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