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Pagina 13
... appointment as chief clerk of the House of Com- mons , on being elected member for Eye , and in 1752 was nominated joint secretary of the treas- 1 ury . He continued to represent the borough of Eye CELEBRATED ETONIANS . 13.
... appointment as chief clerk of the House of Com- mons , on being elected member for Eye , and in 1752 was nominated joint secretary of the treas- 1 ury . He continued to represent the borough of Eye CELEBRATED ETONIANS . 13.
Pagina 14
John Heneage Jesse. ury . He continued to represent the borough of Eye in Parliament till 1754 . Of Mr. Hardinge's English poetical composi- tions , the two which were held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries appear to have been ...
John Heneage Jesse. ury . He continued to represent the borough of Eye in Parliament till 1754 . Of Mr. Hardinge's English poetical composi- tions , the two which were held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries appear to have been ...
Pagina 20
... continued to represent the university during as many as six successive Parliaments ; retiring from its representation only when the advance of years warned him of the wisdom of well - timed retreat . 1 Intimate with , and appreciated by ...
... continued to represent the university during as many as six successive Parliaments ; retiring from its representation only when the advance of years warned him of the wisdom of well - timed retreat . 1 Intimate with , and appreciated by ...
Pagina 32
... continued to fill till his resignation of it in 1764. In relating , however , the story of his advancing fortunes , we must not ignore certain entertaining eccentricities which marked his char- acter ; such , for instance , as his ...
... continued to fill till his resignation of it in 1764. In relating , however , the story of his advancing fortunes , we must not ignore certain entertaining eccentricities which marked his char- acter ; such , for instance , as his ...
Pagina 47
... continued to sit during successive Parliaments till , twenty - two years afterward , he was raised to the House of Lords . In the " Broad - bottomed Administration , " formed by the Pelhams in 1743 , Mr. Fox was appointed a lord of the ...
... continued to sit during successive Parliaments till , twenty - two years afterward , he was raised to the House of Lords . In the " Broad - bottomed Administration , " formed by the Pelhams in 1743 , Mr. Fox was appointed a lord of the ...
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According accordingly admiration afterward appears appointed Bishop born brother Bute's Cambridge chancellor Charles Hanbury Williams Church court daughter death died Doctor Johnson Duke of Grafton Earl eloquence eminent England Etonian father favourite Fielding Fielding's former fortune genius George Grenville George Selwyn Gray hand happily Henry honour Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords illustrious instance John king King's College Lady lastly less literary London Lord Bute Lord Camden Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord Lyttelton Lord Temple married master meantime ment merit mind minister Montagu month mother never occasion Parliament person Pitt Pitt's poet political Prince probably rendered resigned Richard royal closet scarcely scholar schoolfellow secretary seems Selwyn Sir Charles Hanbury Sir Charles's Sir Robert Sneyd Davies sovereign statesman tion Tom Jones Townshend verses virtues Whig wife writes Lord writes Walpole young
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Pagina 90 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Pagina 263 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Pagina 89 - Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Pagina 377 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn...
Pagina 142 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white...
Pagina 198 - you shall be my confessor: when I first set out in the world, I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christiau religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Pagina 87 - Poor Fielding ! I could not help telling his sister, that I was equally surprised at and concerned for his continued lowness. Had your brother, said I, been born in a stable, or been a runner at a sponging-house, we should have thought him a genius, and wished he had had the advantage of a liberal education, and of being admitted into good company...
Pagina 127 - But if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose are we called to this council ? When he talks of being responsible to the people, he talks the language of the House of Commons, and forgets, that at this board, he is only responsible to the King.
Pagina 313 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...