Worthies of the world, a series of historical and critical sketches, ed. by H.W. Dulcken, Volume 352Henry William Dulcken 1880 |
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... tion by slaughter of the disaffected . Raleigh and other officers showed little mercy to those who fell into their hands . The chief command was held by Sir William Pelham , a man of small ability either as statesman or soldier ; and ...
... tion by slaughter of the disaffected . Raleigh and other officers showed little mercy to those who fell into their hands . The chief command was held by Sir William Pelham , a man of small ability either as statesman or soldier ; and ...
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... tion . Sir Walter admitted that Cobham had , the part of the Spanish ambassador , offered ma sum of money or a pension , if he would This endeavours to promote a peace between two crowns ; but he wrote a letter to the Lots of the ...
... tion . Sir Walter admitted that Cobham had , the part of the Spanish ambassador , offered ma sum of money or a pension , if he would This endeavours to promote a peace between two crowns ; but he wrote a letter to the Lots of the ...
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... tion that she never dealt in any of these things . " Intelligence of the result of the trial was brought to the King by Roger Ashton , and one of the Scotch hangers - on of the Court . One of them affirmed that never any man spoke so ...
... tion that she never dealt in any of these things . " Intelligence of the result of the trial was brought to the King by Roger Ashton , and one of the Scotch hangers - on of the Court . One of them affirmed that never any man spoke so ...
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... tion . He obtained a sub - lieutenancy in an artil- iery regiment , before he had been in the military school a year ; and the military college went on as before . Long afterwards , at a banquet where kings and princes were the guests ...
... tion . He obtained a sub - lieutenancy in an artil- iery regiment , before he had been in the military school a year ; and the military college went on as before . Long afterwards , at a banquet where kings and princes were the guests ...
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... tion , as , for instance , on that memorable occa- sion , made the most of by his enemies , when he flung a dagger on the floor of the House of Commons . But there was no taint of self - seek . ing or of meanness in his great heart or ...
... tion , as , for instance , on that memorable occa- sion , made the most of by his enemies , when he flung a dagger on the floor of the House of Commons . But there was no taint of self - seek . ing or of meanness in his great heart or ...
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Page 256 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Page 16 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 154 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill '." My next meeting...
Page 106 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Page 191 - Every reader knows the straight and narrow path as well as he knows a road in which he has gone backward and forward a hundred times. This is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another. And this miracle the tinker has wrought.
Page 256 - Protestant religion — of this country against the arbitrary cruelties of popery and the inquisition, if these more than popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us, to turn forth into our settlements, among our ancient connections, friends, and...
Page 605 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself : if you had done it when I advised you to it, I think you would not have had so many stumblingblocks in your way.
Page 256 - Nature to the massacres of the Indian scalpingknife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering, roasting, and eating — literally, my Lords, eating the mangled victims of his barbarous battles! Such horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity.
Page 256 - ... black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, " Sir, your name? Sir, you have the advantage of me; Mr. Such-a-one, I beg a thousand pardons...
Page 105 - When, I rose a second time, he again pressed me to stay, which I did. He told me, that he generally went abroad at four in the afternoon, and seldom came home till two in the morning. I took the liberty to ask if he did not think it wrong to live thus, and not make more use of his great talents. He owned it was a bad habit. On reviewing, at the distance of many years, my journal of this period, I wonder how, at my first visit, I ventured to talk...