Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Last and Two Preceding Centuries, Volumen2T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1804 |
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... Majesty ap- < s 68 " pointed ; and that Fleming , with these horses , " should remain alone till he heard from the King . " At the time appointed , the King ( having gone " to bed , and afterwards dreffed himfelf ) privately << goes out ...
... Majesty ap- < s 68 " pointed ; and that Fleming , with these horses , " should remain alone till he heard from the King . " At the time appointed , the King ( having gone " to bed , and afterwards dreffed himfelf ) privately << goes out ...
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... Majesty's pardon for any " hare or part he had acted during the rebellion ' against his royal intereft , and affured him , that though he was juft now in the fervice of the « Ufurper , he wished his Majefty as well as any " of his ...
... Majesty's pardon for any " hare or part he had acted during the rebellion ' against his royal intereft , and affured him , that though he was juft now in the fervice of the « Ufurper , he wished his Majefty as well as any " of his ...
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... Majesty obligeth me " to be " Your affectionate friend to serve you , " ELIZABETH . " Extracts relative to Lord Clarendon , from fome very curious memoirs in MS . written by Lady Fanfhawe , about the year 1682 .. 1650. The two parties ...
... Majesty obligeth me " to be " Your affectionate friend to serve you , " ELIZABETH . " Extracts relative to Lord Clarendon , from fome very curious memoirs in MS . written by Lady Fanfhawe , about the year 1682 .. 1650. The two parties ...
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... Majesty's commands , and " take the best care I can that this Letter may find you together at your Quarter Seffions , pre- σε fuming that you who are present will take care " that it be communicated to those who are ab- " fent , at your ...
... Majesty's commands , and " take the best care I can that this Letter may find you together at your Quarter Seffions , pre- σε fuming that you who are present will take care " that it be communicated to those who are ab- " fent , at your ...
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... Majesty's Restoration . Hence " he carried it all fo clofely that I believe no man , " to this day , can pofitively say , that he defigned " any more than the general quiet of the land , and " fo he framed his defigns fuitable to the ...
... Majesty's Restoration . Hence " he carried it all fo clofely that I believe no man , " to this day , can pofitively say , that he defigned " any more than the general quiet of the land , and " fo he framed his defigns fuitable to the ...
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Página 58 - ... if I would ask my husband privately, he would tell me what he found in the packet, and I might tell her. I, that was young and innocent, and to that day had never in my mouth
Página 61 - Turks' man of war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
Página 433 - Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Página 91 - He was wont to say, that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the pervorscness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly, and their lives with disorder.
Página 61 - ... which would make the Turks think we were a man-of-war, but if they saw women they would take us for merchants and board us. He went upon...
Página 276 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Página 384 - I thank God that I have been enabled to come here this day — to perform my duty, and to speak on a subject which has so deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot, more than one foot, in the grave — I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my country — perhaps never again to speak in this House.
Página 429 - Sir Joshua expired, without any visible symptoms of pain, on the twenty-third of February, 1792, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. "His illness," says Burke, "was long, but borne with a mild and cheerful fortitude, without the least mixture of any thing irritable or querulous ; agreeably to the placid and even tenor of his whole life. He had, from the beginning of his malady, a distinct view of his dissolution ; and he contemplated it with that entire composure, which nothing but the innocence,...
Página 141 - My Lord, I am a great deal older than your Grace, and have. I believe, heard more arguments for atheism than ever your Grace did ; but I have lived long enough to see there is nothing in them, and so, I hope, your Grace will.
Página 2 - I am weary of travelling, I am resolved to go abroad no more : but when I am dead and gone, I know not what my brother will do. I am much afraid, that when he comes to the crown, he will be obliged to travel again.