The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions, in the Reign of Charles II, to the Passing of the Reform Bill, Volumen3John Macrone, St. James's Square, 1837 |
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... continued for some time to propel the state machine . Tidings of successes continued to arrive , the loss of the Havannah checked the insolence of Spain , and the processions of cart - loads of bullion plundered from the captured ...
... continued for some time to propel the state machine . Tidings of successes continued to arrive , the loss of the Havannah checked the insolence of Spain , and the processions of cart - loads of bullion plundered from the captured ...
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... continued to inveigh against the cloud of adventurers , which , at the beck of the minister , crossed the Tweed and spread like locusts over the land , and to vent the most bitter personalities against the favourite and his colleagues ...
... continued to inveigh against the cloud of adventurers , which , at the beck of the minister , crossed the Tweed and spread like locusts over the land , and to vent the most bitter personalities against the favourite and his colleagues ...
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... continued for nearly four hours to pour forth his objections to the terms which had been accepted . He contrasted the surrender of the fisheries which had been made by the Earl of Bute , with the conditional surrender which the French ...
... continued for nearly four hours to pour forth his objections to the terms which had been accepted . He contrasted the surrender of the fisheries which had been made by the Earl of Bute , with the conditional surrender which the French ...
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... . Lords Egremont and Halifax continued secretaries of state : Fox retained his lucrative but subordinate station as paymaster of the CHAP . II . A. D. 1763 . II . A. D. 1763 . CHAP . forces , THE HISTORY OF PARTY . 25.
... . Lords Egremont and Halifax continued secretaries of state : Fox retained his lucrative but subordinate station as paymaster of the CHAP . II . A. D. 1763 . II . A. D. 1763 . CHAP . forces , THE HISTORY OF PARTY . 25.
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... continued , unmindful of their counsel , his own schemes for increasing his popularity and its gains . Meanwhile the cabinet was thrown into some con- fusion by the sudden death of the Earl of Egremont , which occurred on the 21st of ...
... continued , unmindful of their counsel , his own schemes for increasing his popularity and its gains . Meanwhile the cabinet was thrown into some con- fusion by the sudden death of the Earl of Egremont , which occurred on the 21st of ...
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Página 220 - He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went on. He darted fire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous and irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings and conviction. He certainly possessed, above all moderns, that union of reason, simplicity, and vehemence, which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes. " I knew him,
Página 54 - For even then, Sir, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour became lord of the ascendant.
Página 86 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of 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...
Página 218 - The principal men both days were Fox and Wedderburne, on the opposite sides ; the latter displayed his usual talents ; the former taking the vast compass of the question before us, discovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded.
Página 87 - ... 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...
Página 76 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.
Página 55 - If he had not so great a stock, as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together within a short time all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported. He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar,...
Página 57 - THEY planted by. your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny, to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and, among others, to the...
Página 351 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Página 86 - ... dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of 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.