The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents. Churchmen. Dissenters. StatesmenVizetelly, Branston and Company, 1832 |
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... honour to his mother , and afterwards Duchess of Kendal , was so destitute of charms , that one evening , while she was waiting behind the chair of the electress at a ball , the latter said , in English , to Mrs. Howard , afterwards ...
... honour to his mother , and afterwards Duchess of Kendal , was so destitute of charms , that one evening , while she was waiting behind the chair of the electress at a ball , the latter said , in English , to Mrs. Howard , afterwards ...
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... honour , send- ing his duty to the king , and hoping he might be excused just then , as he was soliciting preferment from the mi- nisters , and feared it might do him harm , should it be known that he had the honour of keeping such good ...
... honour , send- ing his duty to the king , and hoping he might be excused just then , as he was soliciting preferment from the mi- nisters , and feared it might do him harm , should it be known that he had the honour of keeping such good ...
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... honour , and veracity . It is related , that on the morning after the news arrived of the demise of George the First , Lady Suffolk was surprised , on visiting the new queen , to observe the portrait of a lady , in royal robes , hanging ...
... honour , and veracity . It is related , that on the morning after the news arrived of the demise of George the First , Lady Suffolk was surprised , on visiting the new queen , to observe the portrait of a lady , in royal robes , hanging ...
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... honour , whom Horace Walpole describes as having a charming air , face , and per- son , with such agreeable manners , that she was afterwards invariably men- tioned by her cotemporaries as the most perfect creature they had ever known ...
... honour , whom Horace Walpole describes as having a charming air , face , and per- son , with such agreeable manners , that she was afterwards invariably men- tioned by her cotemporaries as the most perfect creature they had ever known ...
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... honour . This feeling was so prevalent , that in 1739 , the ministry , in spite of their pacific policy , were compelled to enter into a war with Spain , on the ground of the insults and injuries offered to British subjects and their ...
... honour . This feeling was so prevalent , that in 1739 , the ministry , in spite of their pacific policy , were compelled to enter into a war with Spain , on the ground of the insults and injuries offered to British subjects and their ...
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Página 485 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Página 496 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Página 244 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind ; and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life.
Página 435 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Página 299 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Página 67 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Página 440 - •Sir, — I have two silver tea-spoons at London, and two at Bristol : this is all the plate which I have at present ; and I shall not buy any more while so many around me want bread. I am, sir, your most humble servant, JOHN WESLEY/' Perhaps there never was a more charitable man than Mr.
Página 350 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.
Página 78 - I was surprised at this, because I thought it an indiscretion, and a descent from his dignity.
Página 301 - ... why is not the latter commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom, but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my lords, any state is better than despair. Let us, at least, make one effort; and, if we must fall, let us fall like men!