Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... conducted on a supposition , that England was preparing to execute the treaty of Seville by force , and an amendment to the address was proposed , that the king should be requested not to concur in a war against the Emperor , either in ...
... conducted on a supposition , that England was preparing to execute the treaty of Seville by force , and an amendment to the address was proposed , that the king should be requested not to concur in a war against the Emperor , either in ...
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... conducting this negotiation , arose from an erroneous opinion , * Grantham Papers . Dispatch from lord Harrington to Mr. Robinson , December , 1730. Correspondence . + Lord Harrington to Mr. Robinson . January 28th - February 8th , 1731 ...
... conducting this negotiation , arose from an erroneous opinion , * Grantham Papers . Dispatch from lord Harrington to Mr. Robinson , December , 1730. Correspondence . + Lord Harrington to Mr. Robinson . January 28th - February 8th , 1731 ...
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... conducted it . The treaty of Seville was carried into execution without force , and without breach of faith to any other power . To Don Carlos , Parma was secured , with the consent of the Emperor , and the eventual suc- cession of ...
... conducted it . The treaty of Seville was carried into execution without force , and without breach of faith to any other power . To Don Carlos , Parma was secured , with the consent of the Emperor , and the eventual suc- cession of ...
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... conducted himself in his embassies with con- summate address , and particularly distinguished himself by obtaining secret information in times of emergency . Though a man of pleasure , he pursued business , when business was necessary ...
... conducted himself in his embassies with con- summate address , and particularly distinguished himself by obtaining secret information in times of emergency . Though a man of pleasure , he pursued business , when business was necessary ...
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... conduct to propose an annual supply of five millions , for the purpose of compelling France to guaranty the Pragmatic Sanction . The nation could never bear such a proposition , and the minister who had the folly to make it , would ...
... conduct to propose an annual supply of five millions , for the purpose of compelling France to guaranty the Pragmatic Sanction . The nation could never bear such a proposition , and the minister who had the folly to make it , would ...
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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...