Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volumen 91836 |
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... succeeded in persuading him to suppress . The Rosciad ' was more fortunate . Though refused the paltry sum of five guineas for the manu- script of this poem , he printed it at his own risk , when he had scarcely ready money enough to ...
... succeeded in persuading him to suppress . The Rosciad ' was more fortunate . Though refused the paltry sum of five guineas for the manu- script of this poem , he printed it at his own risk , when he had scarcely ready money enough to ...
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... succeeded him . During his latter days he suffered much from the gout , of which dis- ease he died on a visit to his friend , Mr Spence , at Durham , on the 25th day of September , 1764 , in the sixty - first year of his age . He edited ...
... succeeded him . During his latter days he suffered much from the gout , of which dis- ease he died on a visit to his friend , Mr Spence , at Durham , on the 25th day of September , 1764 , in the sixty - first year of his age . He edited ...
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... succeeded in ingratiating them- selves with the future king and queen of Britain . On the accession of George I. , to use the words of the editor of Lady Suffolk's correspon- dence , " the elder whig politicians became ministers to the ...
... succeeded in ingratiating them- selves with the future king and queen of Britain . On the accession of George I. , to use the words of the editor of Lady Suffolk's correspon- dence , " the elder whig politicians became ministers to the ...
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... succeeded to the earldom of Suffolk , and the countess was made mistress of the robes to her majesty , —an office which she resigned in 1734 , on the death of Lord Suffolk . In 1735 , she married the honourable George Berkeley ...
... succeeded to the earldom of Suffolk , and the countess was made mistress of the robes to her majesty , —an office which she resigned in 1734 , on the death of Lord Suffolk . In 1735 , she married the honourable George Berkeley ...
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... succeeded : he delivered himself well , and gained great applause as a good and ready speaker . Thus discovering his own strength , he resolved henceforth never to recite any written discourse in teaching , and acquired a free and ...
... succeeded : he delivered himself well , and gained great applause as a good and ready speaker . Thus discovering his own strength , he resolved henceforth never to recite any written discourse in teaching , and acquired a free and ...
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Página 334 - ... commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom, but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my lords, any state is better than despair. Let us, at least, make one effort; and, if we must fall, let us fall like men!
Página 351 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Página 372 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Página 325 - For even then, sir, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and, for his hour, became lord of the ascendant.
Página 438 - I do not know how others feel; but if I had stood in that situation, I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow.
Página 326 - To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Página 329 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Página 256 - Hogarth's necessity for the money. If, therefore, his Lordship does not send for it, in three days it will be disposed of, with the addition of a tail, and some other little appendages, to Mr. Hare, the famous wild-beast man : Mr. Hogarth having given that gentleman a conditional promise of it, for an exhibition-picture, on his Lordship's refusal.
Página 328 - 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.
Página 325 - ... neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the House just between wind and water ; and, not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious or more earnest than the preconceived opinions and present temper of his hearers required, to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it.