History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T.S. Hughes, Tập 81854 |
Ấn bản in khác - Xem tất cả
Thuật ngữ và cụm từ thông dụng
acknowleged affirmed alliance allies appointed army attacked bill bishop Bolingbroke Britain British command conduct court crown czar dangerous debate debts declared dominions duke of Argyle duke of Marlborough duke of Ormond duke of Savoy earl elector emperor endeavored enemy engagements England English favor fleet forces France French king garrison granted Hanover honor house of commons house of Hanover house of lords house of peers impeached intirely king George king of Sweden king's kingdom land late majesty majesty's marquis measures ministers ministry motion nation negociation obliged officers Oxford parliament passed peace persons plenipotentiaries presented pretender prince Eugene proceeded proposed protestant succession Pulteney queen received resolution resolved retired Robert Walpole royal royal assent scheme Scotland sent session siege Sir William Wyndham South-Sea company Spain Spanish speech squadron Stanhope States-General subjects Sweden taken tories trade treaty troops Villars voted whig
Đoạn trích phổ biến
Trang 408 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Trang 171 - ... to cut me off. Had there been the least reason to hope for a fair and open trial, after having been already prejudged unheard by the two Houses of Parliament, I should not have declined the strictest examination.
Trang 408 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and become more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Trang 279 - Carthagena, and remained cruising in those seas, till far the greater part of his men perished deplorably by the diseases of that unhealthy climate. This brave man, seeing his best officers and men thus daily swept away, his ships exposed to inevitable destruction, and himself made the sport of the enemy, is said to have died of a broken heart. Such is the account of Smollett, compared with that of other less partial writers.
Trang 172 - It is a comfort that will remain 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...
Trang 37 - Charles should be fully established upon the throne of Spain. The earl of Peterborough said they ought to contribute nine shillings in the pound, rather than make peace on any other terms; he declared himself ready to return to Spain, and serve even under the earl of Galway.
Trang 154 - Anglesea was especially hostile in his language: looking full at the Treasurer, he said, that " if he found himself imposed " upon, he durst pursue an evil Minister from the Queen's " closet to the Tower, and from the Tower to the scaf
Trang 220 - ... imperial troops, and agreed to receive them into the citadel of Messina. The admiral immediately resolved to sail thither, and took under his convoy a reinforcement of two thousand Germans for the citadel, under the command of General Wetzel. He forthwith sailed from Naples, and on the ninth day of August was in sight of the Faro of Messina. He despatched his own captain, with a polite message to the Marquis de Lede, proposing a cessation of arms in Sicily for two months, that the powers of Europe...
Trang 249 - Upon this article the company's loss exceeded six millions nine hundred thousand pounds; for many debtors refused to make any payment. The proprietors of the stock loudly complained of their being deprived of two millions ; and the Parliament in the sequel revived that sum which had been annihilated. While this affair was in agitation, petitions from counties, cities, and boroughs, in all parts of the kingdom, were presented to the House, crying for justice against the villany of the directors. Pamphlets...
Trang 242 - ... of original stock : in a few days this stock advanced to £340 ; and the subscriptions were sold for double the price of the first payment.