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Pagina 2
... interest to historians . The early at- tachment entertained by the princess for Sarah Jennings , afterwards dutchess of Marlborough , was probably the effect of arbitrary circum- stances . Friendship , so dependent as that exhibited by ...
... interest to historians . The early at- tachment entertained by the princess for Sarah Jennings , afterwards dutchess of Marlborough , was probably the effect of arbitrary circum- stances . Friendship , so dependent as that exhibited by ...
Pagina 8
... interest with his mistress . He admitted into the cabinet , as secretaries of state , two individuals professing Whig opi- nions , in whom he placed confidence , but who were men still more designing than himself , Harley , and Henry St ...
... interest with his mistress . He admitted into the cabinet , as secretaries of state , two individuals professing Whig opi- nions , in whom he placed confidence , but who were men still more designing than himself , Harley , and Henry St ...
Pagina 9
... interest , overcoming great difficulties , and in the accomplishment of which she indulged in a just pride as the fruit of her own endeavours . The proceedings of the English house of peers , regarding the plot of Lord Lovat , had ...
... interest , overcoming great difficulties , and in the accomplishment of which she indulged in a just pride as the fruit of her own endeavours . The proceedings of the English house of peers , regarding the plot of Lord Lovat , had ...
Pagina 16
... interest on their original capital of nine millions four hundred thou- sand pounds , as well as the interest on the public debt , should after mid- summer , 1727 , be reduced to four per cent . , and be redeemable by par- liament ...
... interest on their original capital of nine millions four hundred thou- sand pounds , as well as the interest on the public debt , should after mid- summer , 1727 , be reduced to four per cent . , and be redeemable by par- liament ...
Pagina 29
... interest in it , by alleging that he was superannuated . Thus , regardless of the duties of filial affection , and even of the dictates of common humanity , they proposed to allow their father no control over the estate , but merely a ...
... interest in it , by alleging that he was superannuated . Thus , regardless of the duties of filial affection , and even of the dictates of common humanity , they proposed to allow their father no control over the estate , but merely a ...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 4 George Godfrey Cunningham Volledige weergave - 1853 |
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Pagina 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Pagina 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Pagina 181 - This should have been a noble creature: he Hath all the energy which would have made A goodly frame of glorious elements, Had they been wisely mingled; as it is, It is an awful chaos — light and darkness, And mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, Mix'd, and contending without end or order, All dormant or destructive.
Pagina 452 - I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then added, that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because he had looked over Mr.
Pagina 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Pagina 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
Pagina 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 254 - The Rights, Powers, and Privileges, of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr Wake's, intituled, ' The Authority of Christian Princes,
Pagina 223 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.