Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1816 |
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... proposed . It was the great object of England to prevent the invasion of the Low Countries , and to confine the seat of war principally to Sicily , or at least to Italy . It was the view of the French to extend it to the other parts of ...
... proposed . It was the great object of England to prevent the invasion of the Low Countries , and to confine the seat of war principally to Sicily , or at least to Italy . It was the view of the French to extend it to the other parts of ...
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... proposed to insert , that they would support his majesty's engage- ments , so far as they related to the interest of * Journals . Great Britain . In answer to this proposal , Wal- [ 1730- SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . -1731 . ] 7.
... proposed to insert , that they would support his majesty's engage- ments , so far as they related to the interest of * Journals . Great Britain . In answer to this proposal , Wal- [ 1730- SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . -1731 . ] 7.
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Earl of Orford William Coxe. Great Britain . In answer to this proposal , Wal- pole did not hesitate to declare , " That such an expression in their address would seem to in- sinuate , as if the king had entered into engage- ments that ...
Earl of Orford William Coxe. Great Britain . In answer to this proposal , Wal- pole did not hesitate to declare , " That such an expression in their address would seem to in- sinuate , as if the king had entered into engage- ments that ...
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... 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 justly incur ...
... 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 justly incur ...
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... proposal Pulteney made no answer , but bowed and smiled , to let him know he understood his meaning . * Pulteney now came forward as the great op- poser of government , and his first exertion on the side of the minority , was on the ...
... proposal Pulteney made no answer , but bowed and smiled , to let him know he understood his meaning . * Pulteney now came forward as the great op- poser of government , and his first exertion on the side of the minority , was on the ...
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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...