Memoirs of the Life and Ministerial Conduct, with Some Free Remarks on the Political Writings, of the Late Lord Visc. BolingbrokeJ. Exshaw, R. James and R. Main, 1753 - 330 trang |
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Trang 292 - My lords, if ministers of state, acting by the immediate commands of their sovereign, are afterwards to be made accountable for their proceedings, it may one day or other be the case of all the members of this august assembly.
Trang 321 - Those who live to see such happy days, and to act in so glorious a scene, will perhaps call to mind, with some tenderness of sentiment, when he is no more, a man who contributed his mite to carry on so good a work, and who desired life for nothing so much, as to see a king of Great Britain the most popular man in his country, and a Patriot King at the head of a united people.
Trang 284 - My LORD: — I left the town so abruptly, that I had no time to take leave of you or any of my friends. You will excuse me, when you know that I had certain and repeated informations, from some who are in the secret of affairs, that a resolution was taken by those who have power to execute it, to pursue me to the scaffold. My blood was to...
Trang 285 - ... with me in all my misfortunes, that I served her Majesty faithfully and dutifully, in that especially which she had most at heart, relieving her people from a bloody and expensive war, and that I have...
Trang 303 - ... Affurances of Duty, Allegiance, and Fidelity, which his Majefty fo far accepted, as to give him Encouragement to hope for fome future Marks of his Majefty's Grace and Goodnefs ; and that his Majefty is fatisfied that the Petitioner's Behaviour has been fuch, as convinces his Majefty that he is an Objedl of his Majefty's Mercy ; and his Majefty confents that this Petition be prsfented to the Houfe.
Trang 289 - Lords; It is a very great misfortune for any man to fall under the displeasure of so great and powerful a body as the Commons of Great Britain; and this misfortune is the heavier upon me, because I had the honour to be placed at the head of the late ministry, and must now, it seems, be made accountable for all the measures that were then pursued. But...
Trang 291 - I am justified in 1715. my own conscience, and unconcerned for the life of an insignificant old man. But I cannot, without the highest ingratitude, be unconcerned for the best of Queens ; a Queen who heaped upon me honours and preferments, though I never asked for them ; and therefore I think myself under an obligation to vindicate her memory, and the measures she pursued, with my dying breath.
Trang 291 - ... measures : that the peace was approved by two successive parliaments ; that he had no share in the affair of Tournay, which was wholly transacted by that unfortunate nobleman who has thought fit to step aside...
Trang 291 - Steps towards a Negotiation. And, my Lords, I will be bold to fay, that during my whole Adminiftration, the Sovereign upon the Throne was loved at Home, and feared Abroad.
Trang 278 - The lords, in their address of thanks, professed their hope that his majesty, assisted by the parliament, would be able to recover the reputation of the kingdom in foreign parts, the loss of which they hoped to convince the world by their actions was by no means to be imputed to the nation in general.