 | Keith Feiling - 1924 - 544 páginas
...terrible ' silence since his illness : he alone was the channel of royal favour, and there must be ' perfect stagnation till he is pleased to open himself and set the water flowing '. Yet St. John, too, 1 Salomon, 201 n. ; Swift to King, 8 Mar. ; Wentworth, 27 Mar.... | |
 | David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks - 2002 - 620 páginas
...managing the Commons and the problems he had himself faced while Harley recuperated: 'as he [Harley] is the only true channel through which the Queen's...stagnation till he is pleased to open himself and set the water flowing'. St. John was relieved to see the prorogation of Parliament on 1 2 June, claiming that... | |
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We, who are reputed to be in. his intimacy, have few opportunities of seeing him, and none of talking freely with him. As he is the only true channel through which the Queen's pleasure is conveyed, so there is, and must be, a perfect stagnation till he... 
