 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 688 pages
...occurs. " I hope nothing that has " happened, or may happen, will diminish our loyalty to our sovereign, or " affection for this nation in general. I can scarcely conceive a King of a better " disposition, of more exemplary virtues, or more truly desirous of promoting " the welfare... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 570 pages
...1769 as follows to a private friend : " I " can scarcely conceive a King of better dispo" sitions, of more exemplary virtues, or more truly " desirous of promoting the welfare of his sub" jects."* But besides this general character from no mean authority, let me be allowed to cite... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...1 769 as follows to a private friend : " I " can scarcely conceive a King of better dispo" sitions, of more exemplary virtues, or more truly " desirous of promoting the welfare of his sub" jects."* But besides this general character from no mean authority, let me be allowed to cite... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 416 pages
...flatterer surely, no courtier at any period of his life, writes in 176!) as follows to a private friend: "I can scarcely conceive a King of better "dispositions,...more truly " desirous of promoting the welfare of his subjects." * But besides this general character from a most competent witness, let me be allowed... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 414 pages
...flatterer surely, no courtier at any period of his life, writes in 1769 as follows to a private friend: "I can " scarcely conceive a King of better dispositions,...more truly desirous of promoting " the welfare of his subjects." f But besides this general character from a most competent witness, let me be allowed... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 406 pages
...flatterer surely, no courtier at any period of his life, writes in 1769 as follows to a private friend : " I can " scarcely conceive a King of better dispositions,...more truly desirous of promoting " the welfare of his subjects." f But besides this general character from a most competent witness, let me be allowed... | |
 | James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...mysterious and fatal persistence in error. Still he praised the king. "I can scarcely conceive," he wrote, " a king of better dispositions, of more exemplary virtues,...or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of his subjects." He spoke fondly, too, of the young princes, and of the nation in general : " The good... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 578 pages
...exhibited kingly virtues of no mean order. " I can scarcely conceive," writes the Republican Franklin, " a King of better dispositions, of more exemplary virtues,...or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of his subjects." f The King's good faith, his high sense of honour, and his solemn regard for truth,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Statesmen - 1876 - 394 pages
...so shielded by his ministers that Franklin knew but little about him. Even at this time he wrote, " I can scarcely conceive a king of better dispositions,...or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of his subjects." Franklin never had occasion to speak idifferently of his domestic virtues. Nay, it is... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 pages
...so shielded by his ministers that Franklin knew but little about him. Even at this time he wrote, " I can scarcely conceive a king of better dispositions,...or more truly desirous of promoting the welfare of his subjects." Franklin never had occasion to speak differently of his domestic virtues. Nay, it is... | |
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April 1769, nothing that has happened or may happen will diminish in the least our Loyalty to our Sovereign, or Affection for this Nation in general. I can scarcely conceive a King of better Dispositions, of more exemplary Virtues, or more truly desirous... 
