Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole: Selected from His Correspondence and Papers, and Connected with the History of the Times, from 1678 to 1757, Volumen2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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Página 346 - ... dignity of action and countenance, that he intimidated those who were the most willing and the best able to encounter him ;* their arms fell out of their hands, and they shrunk under the ascendant which his genius gained over theirs.
Página 397 - In the course of his political life, he became successively a lord of the admiralty, master of the great wardrobe, secretary at war, chancellor of the exchequer, and treasurer of the navy.
Página 193 - ... ignorant of tactics, and jealous of his more practised, but not less overbearing brother, the Duke of Cumberland. According to Mr. Pelham, " Our two young heroes agree but little. Our " own is open, frank, resolute, and perhaps hasty ; " the other assuming, pedantic, ratiocinating, and " tenacious. ... In what a situation then are we ! " We must pray for the best, for direct it we can...
Página 344 - His speeches were not crowded with flowers of rhetoric, or distinguished by brilliancy of diction ; but were replete with sterling sense and sound argument. He was quick in reply, keen in repartee, and skilful in discerning the temper of the house. He wrote without effort or affectation ; his public dispatches were manly and perspicuous, and his private letters easy and animated. Though of an ambitious spirit, he regarded money as a principal object, and power only as a secondary concern.
Página 133 - Walpole, gives the following opinion : " I think it a duty I owe to the public, in mentioning this wretched compilation, to declare, that from the access I have had to the papers and documents of the times, I find it superficial and inaccurate, principally drawn from newspapers and party pamphlets, and interspersed, perhaps, with a few anecdotes communicated in desultory conversations by Earl Temple.
Página 49 - French, but it was not altogether by those victories we beat them out of that element. If I may be allowed the expression, by land we beat them out of the sea. We obtained so great and so many victories at land, that they were forced to neglect their sea affairs, in order to apply their whole strength, both in money and men, to defend their country, I may say, their capital, at land. Therefore, if both France and Spain should join in a war against us, and we should have no one to assist us, nor they...
Página 111 - England, Wade says, and I believe, is for the first comer; and if you can tell whether the 6000 Dutch and the ten battalions of English, or 5000 French or Spaniards, will be here first, you know our fate.
Página 68 - I hope to see you hanged first !' ' You see me hanged first !' rejoined Mr. Walpole ind instantly seized him by the nose. They went out and fought. The account being conveyed to Lord Orford, he sent his son to make inquiries ; who, on coming into the House of Commons, found his uncle speaking with the same composure as if nothing...
Página 112 - The French are not come, God be thanked! But had 5000 landed in any part of this island a week ago, I verily believe the entire conquest would not have cost them a battle«.
Página 353 - ... Spain, the death of the duke of Parma in the civil wars of France, and the heroism of Prince Maurice, gave them such a decided superiority by sea and land, that their independence was secured and finally recognised by Spain (AD 1609). Before entering on the history of the war between England and Spain, it is necessary to take a retrospective view of the state of France. On the death of Charles IX., his brother Henry III., resigned the throne of Poland for that of France (AD 1574). This prince,...