Recollections and Reflections, Personal and Political: As Connected with Public Affairs, During the Reign of George III.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... The late Mar- quis of Bute told me , that , at the King's accession , his father , the Earl of Bute , had no connexion beyond the pale of Leicester House . He added , " I never lived with my father , nor did any of his children . " 4.
... The late Mar- quis of Bute told me , that , at the King's accession , his father , the Earl of Bute , had no connexion beyond the pale of Leicester House . He added , " I never lived with my father , nor did any of his children . " 4.
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... never bring herself to feel the neces- sity , that sovereign power should be exer- cised by a King of Great Britain with dif ferent sentiments , and in a manner different from that in which she had seen it exercised at Saxe - Gotha ...
... never bring herself to feel the neces- sity , that sovereign power should be exer- cised by a King of Great Britain with dif ferent sentiments , and in a manner different from that in which she had seen it exercised at Saxe - Gotha ...
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... never accused of being in- fluenced by motives of personal interest : his understanding was sound , though not brilliant ; but he had never before held any public situation , nor had he been much conversant in business : his friends saw ...
... never accused of being in- fluenced by motives of personal interest : his understanding was sound , though not brilliant ; but he had never before held any public situation , nor had he been much conversant in business : his friends saw ...
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... never showed him such distinguished marks of kindness , as after he had secretly determined to get rid of him . The Marquis of Rock- ingham accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act with another Act , declaratory of the right . I know ...
... never showed him such distinguished marks of kindness , as after he had secretly determined to get rid of him . The Marquis of Rock- ingham accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act with another Act , declaratory of the right . I know ...
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... never heard him but once ; and that was not on an occasion in which his powers could be fairly shown , for he had himself arranged that he should , on that day , be in a minority . It was on that debate , previous to the dissolution of ...
... never heard him but once ; and that was not on an occasion in which his powers could be fairly shown , for he had himself arranged that he should , on that day , be in a minority . It was on that debate , previous to the dissolution of ...
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Strona 95 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Strona 389 - King possessed one art beyond any man he had ever known ; for that, by the familiarity of his intercourse, he obtained your confidence, procured from you your opinion of different public characters, and then availed himself of this knowledge to sow dissension.
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Strona 25 - Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve...
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Strona 79 - Not contented with being wise, he would be thought a polite scholar, and a man of great erudition ; but has the misfortune never to succeed, except with those who are exceedingly ignorant ; for his historical knowledge is chiefly taken from tragedies, 79 wherein he is very deeply read ; and his classical learning extends no farther than a French translation.
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