Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... haughtiness of the Imperial court ; and one of the great difficulties which occurred in concluding an accommodation , * Chandler . arose from blending the affairs of Germany with those of [ 1730- SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . -1731 . ] 9.
... haughtiness of the Imperial court ; and one of the great difficulties which occurred in concluding an accommodation , * Chandler . arose from blending the affairs of Germany with those of [ 1730- SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . -1731 . ] 9.
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... concluded , had the British minister at Vienna insisted , accord- ing to his official orders , upon a full and satis- factory answer to all the points in dispute . Fortunately , the cabinet of London , influenced by Walpole , had the ...
... concluded , had the British minister at Vienna insisted , accord- ing to his official orders , upon a full and satis- factory answer to all the points in dispute . Fortunately , the cabinet of London , influenced by Walpole , had the ...
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... concluded in 1725. It was a defensive alliance , and stipu- lated a reciprocal guaranty of mutual rights and possessions ; on the part of England , to guaranty the Emperor's succession , according to the Prag- matic Sanction ; on that ...
... concluded in 1725. It was a defensive alliance , and stipu- lated a reciprocal guaranty of mutual rights and possessions ; on the part of England , to guaranty the Emperor's succession , according to the Prag- matic Sanction ; on that ...
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... conclude the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle . His dispatches are clear and perspicuous , so * Prince Eugene , count Zinzendorff , count Staremberg , and the bishop of Bamberg . explicit and descriptive , as to convey a faithful picture ...
... conclude the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle . His dispatches are clear and perspicuous , so * Prince Eugene , count Zinzendorff , count Staremberg , and the bishop of Bamberg . explicit and descriptive , as to convey a faithful picture ...
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... concluded that all Excises fall ultimately upon the land , and proposed , as more equitable , the poll tax and land tax . The authority of Locke also contributed to spread the same notion , and his opinion against the establishment of ...
... concluded that all Excises fall ultimately upon the land , and proposed , as more equitable , the poll tax and land tax . The authority of Locke also contributed to spread the same notion , and his opinion against the establishment of ...
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affairs allies annuities answer bill Bolingbroke British cabinet cardinal Fleury carried cent chancellor Chandler Chauvelin civil list conduct consequence Correspondence court of Vienna crown debate debts declared desire duke of Newcastle Dutch duty earl of Waldegrave effect election embassador Emperor endeavour engagements England Excise favour France frauds friends gentleman give guaranty Hanover honour hopes Horace Walpole house of Austria house of Bourbon induced interest John Barnard king king's late laws letter lord chamberlain lord Harrington lord Hervey lordship majesty majesty's manner maritime powers measures ment minister motion nation negotiation object observed occasion opinion opposed opposition pacification parliament party peace person present pretender prince of Wales princess proposed Pulteney queen Caroline resolution revenue Robinson royal highness scheme secret sent sentiments sinking fund Sir John Barnard Sir Robert Walpole Sir William Wyndham Spain taxes thought tion tobacco trade transactions treaty Walpole Papers whole
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Seite 40 - Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, , Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 40 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 310 - And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Seite 115 - In the present inflamed temper of the people, the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
Seite 39 - A. 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...