The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, المجلد 4T. Boys, 1826 |
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... late Duke of Brunswick , and who died at a very advanced age , had the singular happi- ness to reckon among her posterity sixty - two princes and princesses , fifty - three of whom she saw at one time alive . Among these sixty - two ...
... late Duke of Brunswick , and who died at a very advanced age , had the singular happi- ness to reckon among her posterity sixty - two princes and princesses , fifty - three of whom she saw at one time alive . Among these sixty - two ...
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... late majesty . INFANCY OF GEORGE THE THIRD . The king was a seven months ' child , and from that circumstance so weakly at the period of his birth , that serious apprehensions were entertained that it would be impossible to rear him ...
... late majesty . INFANCY OF GEORGE THE THIRD . The king was a seven months ' child , and from that circumstance so weakly at the period of his birth , that serious apprehensions were entertained that it would be impossible to rear him ...
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... true Whigs to hear of school- masters of very contrary principles being thought of for preceptors ; and to see none but the friends and pupils of the late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education 16 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... true Whigs to hear of school- masters of very contrary principles being thought of for preceptors ; and to see none but the friends and pupils of the late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education 16 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education of a prince , whose family that very lord endeavoured by his measures to exclude , and by his writings to expel from the throne of these kingdoms . " * * * " That whoever advised the ...
... late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education of a prince , whose family that very lord endeavoured by his measures to exclude , and by his writings to expel from the throne of these kingdoms . " * * * " That whoever advised the ...
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... late majesty ; on which he immediately gave notice to his ministers , that no money should be spent to procure the election of members favourable to the government , which he understood had formerly been the case , saying at the same ...
... late majesty ; on which he immediately gave notice to his ministers , that no money should be spent to procure the election of members favourable to the government , which he understood had formerly been the case , saying at the same ...
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الصفحة 120 - 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, and for that of your royal family. "' The appointment of a Minister from the United States to your Majesty's court, will form an epoch in the history of England and America.
الصفحة 27 - III. c. 23, enacted at the earnest request of the king himself from the throne, the judges are continued in their offices during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any demise of the crown, which was formerly held immediately to vacate their seats, and their full salaries are absolutely secured to them during the continuance of their commissions...
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 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 124 - It is thus the essence of things is lost in ceremony in every country of Europe. We must submit to what we cannot alter. Patience is the only remedy.
الصفحة 122 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.
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.
الصفحة 53 - ... made him an unlimited offer of any rewards in the power of the crown to bestow...
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 glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.