Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... party that espoused the measures of government ; and plainly showed that the divisions in the cabinet would not diminish the influence of Great Britain abroad . He proved to the Imperial ministers , that the preliminaries with Spain ...
... party that espoused the measures of government ; and plainly showed that the divisions in the cabinet would not diminish the influence of Great Britain abroad . He proved to the Imperial ministers , that the preliminaries with Spain ...
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... all his opponents , and that no allowance should be made for difference of opinion , or inveterate habits and prepossessions . Because the party writers of opposition [ 1731. ] 23 SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . CHAPTER 39. ...
... all his opponents , and that no allowance should be made for difference of opinion , or inveterate habits and prepossessions . Because the party writers of opposition [ 1731. ] 23 SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . CHAPTER 39. ...
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... party ; not only by the friends of the minister whom he drove from the helm , but also by those who were once joined with him , and who , discontented at the disposal of offices , on the change of adminis- tration , railed at their ...
... party ; not only by the friends of the minister whom he drove from the helm , but also by those who were once joined with him , and who , discontented at the disposal of offices , on the change of adminis- tration , railed at their ...
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... party , and during the whole reign of queen Anne opposed the mea- sures of the Tories . He first spoke in the house on the place bill , which he zealously supported , and some amend- ments being made by the lords , the discussion was ...
... party , and during the whole reign of queen Anne opposed the mea- sures of the Tories . He first spoke in the house on the place bill , which he zealously supported , and some amend- ments being made by the lords , the discussion was ...
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... party , at that critical time , when the succes- sion of the Hanover family being supposed to be in danger , its friends thought themselves obliged to engage in very bold enterprises to secure it . He was a liberal subscriber to a very ...
... party , at that critical time , when the succes- sion of the Hanover family being supposed to be in danger , its friends thought themselves obliged to engage in very bold enterprises to secure it . He was a liberal subscriber to a very ...
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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...