... common and imaginary wants of the vulgar of royalty. Whenever he threw himself into the arms of his Parliament, they left him without a feeling of his distress. In one of his speeches he says, " In the last Parliament I laid open the true thoughts... Works: A Contemporary Version - Trang 255bởi Voltaire - 1901Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Voltaire - 1761 - 304 trang
...beftow more gracious titles upon him. Accordingly he told his parliament in one of his fpeeches, " I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have...mourned to you, and you have not lamented." By thus fubje&ing his prerogative to be canvaffed by idle fpeeches badly received, he hardly ever obtained... | |
| Voltaire - 1761 - 308 trang
...beftow more gracious titles upon him. Accordingly he told his parliament iri one of his fpeeches, " I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have...mourned to you, and you have not lamented." By thus fubje£ling his prerogative to be canvaflecl by idle fpe'eches badly received, he hardly ever obtained... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 516 trang
...the last Parliament I laid open the true thoughts of my heart ; but I may say, with our Saviour, ' I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have mourned, and you have not lamented.' I have reigned eighteen years, in which time you have had peace, and I... | |
| Charles Dodd - 1843 - 560 trang
...them of the lower house. I did open the true thoughts of my heart : but I may say with our Saviour, " I have piped to you, and you have not danced : I have mourned, and you have not lamented." Yet, as no man's actions can be free, so in me God found some spices of... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 532 trang
...the last Parliament I laid open the true thoughts of my heart ; but I may say, with our Saviour, ' I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have mourned, and you liave not lamented.' I have reigned eighteen years, in which time you have had peace, and I... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 trang
...the last Parliament I laid open the true thoughts of my heart ; but I may say, with our Saviour, ' I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have mourned, and you have not lamented.' I have reigned eighteen years, in which time you have had peace, and I... | |
| Jacob Abbott - 1876 - 300 trang
...did open the true thought of my heart But I may say with our Savior, ' I have piped to you inn! ye have not danced; I have mourned to you and you have not lamented;' so all my sayings turned to me again without any success. And now, to tell the reasons of your calling... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 604 trang
...the last Parliament I laid open the true thoughts of my heart ; but I may say, with our Saviour, ' I have piped to you, and you have not danced ; I have mourned, and you have not lamented.' I have reigned eighteen years, in which time you have had peace, and I... | |
| I︠U︡. A. Labynt︠s︡ev, L. L. Shchavinskai︠a︡ - 1900 - 300 trang
...did open the true thought of my heart. But I may say with our Saviour, ' I have piped to you and ye have not danced ; I have mourned to you and you have not lamented ; ' so all my sayings turned to me again without any success. And now, to tell the reasons of your... | |
| Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 342 trang
...his own subjects did not bestow more gracious titles upon him. Accordingly he told his parliament in one of his speeches, " I have piped to you, and you...and you have not lamented." By thus subjecting his prerogative to be canvassed by idle speeches badly received, he hardly ever obtained the supplies he... | |
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