Journal of the Reign of King George the Third: From the Year 1771-1783, Volume 1 |
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Page 243 - English money of 234.OOO/.,3 and that in so doing the said Robert Lord Clive abused the powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public.
Page 94 - And was so proud, that should he meet The Twelve Apostles in the street, He'd turn his nose up at them all, And shove his Saviour from the wall...
Page 207 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Page 85 - Hochcrel, where he found company, had sat up all night drinking, and had not been in bed when he came to move his bill, which he had not even drawn up. This was genius, was almost inspiration.
Page 45 - Fox, in patriot terms, complained of the enormity of recurring to history for precedents ; Stanley fetched precedents from Vienna, Berlin, Turin, and every arbitrary court, yet he lamented the unlimited flight of the bill, and yet approved even that, since he could not devise a better method. Captain Phipps more shrewdly observed that the Parliament was so flattering to the Royal Family, that it was giving leave to the Princes of the Blood to lie with our wives, and forbidding them to marry our...
Page 303 - And post where'er the goddess led the way, Perchance to proud Spithead's imperial bay ; There should he see, as other folks have seen ', That ships have anchors, and that seas are green, Should own the tackling trim, the streamers fine, With Sandwich prattle, and with Bradshaw dine, And then sail back, amid the cannon's roar, As safe, as sage, as when he left the shore.
Page 12 - On the Thursday he spoke in this debate; went to dinner at past eleven at night ; from thence to White's, where he drank till seven the next morning; thence to Almack's, where he won £6000, and between three and four in the afternoon he set out for Newmarket.
Page 114 - I was therefore a good deal surprised at the simple manner in which his well-merited promotion was announced to the public, but must attribute it either to his own modesty or the printer's ignorance ; but whatever be the cause, I think it necessary to acquaint you, his brother Lords, with a little of his history. It is needless to trouble your Lordships with an account of his birth or education, as the first might be a very difficult task, and the latter your Lordships may see has not been neglected....
Page 101 - Very few will believe that a woman will refuse to be called princess if it is in her power. To have the power is my pride, and not using it in some measure...
Page 7 - They began by pulling off their embroidered clothes, and put on frieze greatcoats, or turned their coats inside outwards for luck. They put on pieces of leather (such as worn by footmen when they clean the knives) to save their lace ruffles; and to guard their eyes from the light, and to prevent tumbling their hair, wore high-crowned straw hats with broad brims, and adorned with flowers and ribbons ; masks to conceal their emotions when they played at Quinze.