The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 4J. Cumberland, 1820 |
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... received his inves- titure from Frederic the Second , about the middle of the thirteenth century . If these ample possessions had been the gift of the emperor to some adventurous soldier , to some faithful client , we might be content ...
... received his inves- titure from Frederic the Second , about the middle of the thirteenth century . If these ample possessions had been the gift of the emperor to some adventurous soldier , to some faithful client , we might be content ...
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... Prebendary of Westminster , thought proper to deliver in the chapel royal ; and for which , instead of thanks , he received from his royal auditor : D a pointed reprimand , his majesty observing , " that GEORGE THE THIRD . 25.
... Prebendary of Westminster , thought proper to deliver in the chapel royal ; and for which , instead of thanks , he received from his royal auditor : D a pointed reprimand , his majesty observing , " that GEORGE THE THIRD . 25.
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... received with great re- joicings ; but the commander of the town militia being in doubt whether the men ought to ground or shoulder their firelocks , gave several contradictory orders , and her highness was received by them half one way ...
... received with great re- joicings ; but the commander of the town militia being in doubt whether the men ought to ground or shoulder their firelocks , gave several contradictory orders , and her highness was received by them half one way ...
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... receiving her at his house , where her majesty and suit slept . Soon after , his lordship went to St. James's , when the king thanked him for his attention to her majesty , saying , he was afraid her visit had given him a good deal of ...
... receiving her at his house , where her majesty and suit slept . Soon after , his lordship went to St. James's , when the king thanked him for his attention to her majesty , saying , he was afraid her visit had given him a good deal of ...
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... received masks on their way to a masked ball , so that he did not return to the Queen's Palace until ten o'clock . On being then led to the window of the queen's breakfast room , which looks into the grounds , the shutters were thrown ...
... received masks on their way to a masked ball , so that he did not return to the Queen's Palace until ten o'clock . On being then led to the window of the queen's breakfast room , which looks into the grounds , the shutters were thrown ...
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الصفحة 147 - The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both rich and poor; with an Appendix containing Reflections on the present State of England and France.
الصفحة 123 - That opinion, sir, is not mistaken ; I must avow to your Majesty, I have no attachment but to my own country.
الصفحة 30 - ... history of every wound, and grow themselves soldiers, before they find strength for the field. But this were nothing, did we not feel the alternate insolence of either army as it happens to advance or retreat, in pursuing the operations of the campaign.
الصفحة 121 - Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say, that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the United States, but that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.
الصفحة 120 - Sir: The United States of America have appointed me their minister plenipotentiary to your Majesty, and have directed me to deliver to your Majesty this letter which contains the evidence of it. It is in obedience to their express commands, that I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness,...
الصفحة 93 - When I mentioned the smallness of the church livings in Scotland, he said, ' he wondered how men of liberal education would choose to become clergymen there ; ' and asked, ' whether, in the remote parts of the country, the clergy, in general, were not very ignorant?' I answered, ' No, for that education was very cheap in Scotland, and -that the clergy, in general, were men of good sense, and competent learning.
الصفحة 30 - It is impossible to express the confusion, even those who call themselves our friends create. Even those from whom we might expect redress oppress us with new calamities. From your justice, therefore, it is that we hope relief; to you even children and women may complain, whose humanity stoops to the meanest petition, and whose power is capable of repressing the greatest injustice. "I am, Sire, &c.
الصفحة 21 - You have heard, continued he, of an old Lord Bathurst, of whom your Popes and Swifts have sung and spoken so much: I have lived my life with geniuses of that cast; but have survived them; and, despairing ever to find their equals, it is some years since I have...
الصفحة 76 - The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion, adding, ' You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.
الصفحة 30 - I am not expert at description, nor can my fancy add any horrors to the picture ; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at the hideous prospect now before me. The whole Country, my dear Country, lies one frightful waste, presenting only objects to excite terror, pity and despair. The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite discontinued; the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers themselves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly occupied.