PittMacmillan and Company, 1893 - 298 pagina's |
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Pagina 143 - Why is that man expiring? Why is that other writhing with agony? What means this implacable fury?" The answer must be, " You are quite wrong, sir, you deceive yourself — they are not fighting — do not disturb them — they are merely pausing! This man is not expiring with agony — that man is not dead — he is only pausing!
Pagina 253 - I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
Pagina 296 - WILLIAM III. By HD TRAILL. SPECTA TOR.— " Mr. Traill has done his work well in the limited space at his command. The narrative portion is clear and vivacious, and his criticisms, although sometimes trenchant, are substantially just." WALPOLE. By JOHN MORLEY. ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE.— " It deserves to be read, not only as the work of one of the most prominent politicians of the day, but for its intrinsic merits. It is a clever, thoughtful, and interesting biography.
Pagina 295 - TIMES.—" Gives with great picturesqueness . . . the dramatic incidents of a memorable career far removed from our times and our manner of thinking." HENRY II. By Mrs. JR GREEN. TIMES.—" It is delightfully real and readable, and in spite of severe compression has the charm of a mediaeval romance.
Pagina 143 - But if a man were present now at a field of slaughter, and were to inquire for what they were fighting — ' Fighting!' would be the answer; ' they are not fighting; they are pausing!' ' Why is that man expiring? Why is that other writhing with agony? What means this implacable fury?
Pagina 296 - Co. beg to announce a series of short biographies, not designed to be a complete roll of famous statesmen, but to present in historic order the lives and work of those leading actors in our affairs who by their direct influence have left an abiding mark on the policy, the institutions, and the position of Great Britain among states.
Pagina 90 - In his firm opinion, his Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales had as clear, as express a right to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased God to afflict his Majesty, as in the case of his Majesty's having undergone a natural and perfect demise...
Pagina 141 - The best and most natural pledge of its reality and permanence would be the restoration of that line of princes which for so many centuries maintained the French nation in prosperity at home, and in consideration and respect abroad...
Pagina 267 - From the Instant that Pitt entered the Door-way of the House of Commons, he advanced up the Floor with a quick and firm Step, his Head erect and thrown back, looking neither to the right nor to the left; nor favouring with a Nod or a Glance, any of the Individuals seated on either Side, among whom, many who possessed five Thousand Pounds a Year, would have been gratified even by so slight a Mark of Attention.
Pagina 51 - I said — but not I would. Anxious to make the noble Duke content, My view was just to seem to give consent. While all the world might see that nothing less was meant.