The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. In Four Volumes. ...Messrs. W. Sleater, H. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, T. Walker, W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, and L. White, 1789 |
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... Never was there fo much contempt thrown upon an embafly that was fo boldly undertaken . The court of Rome ex- pected but little fuccefs from measures fo blindly conducted . They were fenfible that the king was openly friking at thofe ...
... Never was there fo much contempt thrown upon an embafly that was fo boldly undertaken . The court of Rome ex- pected but little fuccefs from measures fo blindly conducted . They were fenfible that the king was openly friking at thofe ...
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... never be fo rafh as , contrary to exprefs act of parliament , to ad- mit of a communication with the pope . But what was their furprize when they faw the nuncio make his public and folemn entry into Windfor ; and be- cause the duke of ...
... never be fo rafh as , contrary to exprefs act of parliament , to ad- mit of a communication with the pope . But what was their furprize when they faw the nuncio make his public and folemn entry into Windfor ; and be- cause the duke of ...
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... never betrayed the wishes of his heart . His temper was cold and fevere ; his genius active and piercing ; he was valiant without oftentation , and politic without addrefs . Difdaining the elegance and pleasures of life , yet eager ...
... never betrayed the wishes of his heart . His temper was cold and fevere ; his genius active and piercing ; he was valiant without oftentation , and politic without addrefs . Difdaining the elegance and pleasures of life , yet eager ...
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... never accept of that office , the execution of which he knew would be attended with infuperable diffi- culties ; that he would not accept of the crown under the princefs his wife , though he was con- vinced of her merits , that ...
... never accept of that office , the execution of which he knew would be attended with infuperable diffi- culties ; that he would not accept of the crown under the princefs his wife , though he was con- vinced of her merits , that ...
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... never fince been able to discharge . For all that profufion of wealth granted to main- tain the imaginary balance of Europe , England re- ceived in return the empty reward of military glo- ry in Flanders , and the confcioufness of ...
... never fince been able to discharge . For all that profufion of wealth granted to main- tain the imaginary balance of Europe , England re- ceived in return the empty reward of military glo- ry in Flanders , and the confcioufness of ...
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Trang 170 - Parliament, suppose these lights refused, these reasonable requests rejected, by a corrupt majority of his creatures whom he retains in daily pay or engages in his particular interest by granting them those posts and places which ought never to be given to any but for the good of the public.
Trang 32 - Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.
Trang 170 - ... as he has no virtue of his own, ridiculing it in others, and endeavouring to destroy or corrupt it in all.
Trang 105 - ... intelligence; and to have pocketed a deduction of two and a half per cent, from the pay of the foreign troops maintained by England.
Trang 200 - Spitalfields and other communities, engaged in associations; and even the managers of the theatres offered to raise a body of their dependents for the service of the government.
Trang 26 - Howe, came to Exeter. All England was in commotion. Lord Delamere took arms in Cheshire, the earl of Danby seized York, the earl of Bath, governor of Plymouth, declared for the prince, the earl of Devonshire made a like declaration in Derby. The nobility and gentry of...
Trang 66 - Wirtemberg, and intercept all communication between the Rhine and the allied army. The dispositions being made for the attack, and the orders communicated to the general officers, the forces advanced into the plain on the thirteenth day of August, and were ranged in order of battle.
Trang 32 - James having attempted to overturn the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne was thereby vacant.
Trang 132 - I am now to take my leave of your lordships, and of this honourable House, perhaps for ever; I shall lay down my life with pleasure in a cause favoured by my late dear royal mistress.
Trang 92 - ... he was prohibited from preaching for the term of three years ; his two...