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Pagina 40
... successful votaries : the whole cir- cle was a circle of living flame . The French philo- sophers collected the contributions of all Europe , and , by imbodying them in one magnificent work , claimed for themselves the peculiar ...
... successful votaries : the whole cir- cle was a circle of living flame . The French philo- sophers collected the contributions of all Europe , and , by imbodying them in one magnificent work , claimed for themselves the peculiar ...
Pagina 41
... success of Lavoisier and Buffon , gave science a new and eloquent power of appeal to the reason and imagi- nation of man . A multitude of minor triumphs , in the various pro- vinces of invention , sustained the general glow of the ...
... success of Lavoisier and Buffon , gave science a new and eloquent power of appeal to the reason and imagi- nation of man . A multitude of minor triumphs , in the various pro- vinces of invention , sustained the general glow of the ...
Pagina 63
... successful friends . It is certain , that few men of his rank had ever been more wrung by the severity of the public in- quisition into the habits of their lives . Court scan- dals are , at all times , precious ; but the power of ...
... successful friends . It is certain , that few men of his rank had ever been more wrung by the severity of the public in- quisition into the habits of their lives . Court scan- dals are , at all times , precious ; but the power of ...
Pagina 68
... success . he was in the fullest sense of the phrase , a public man ; and his indulgences in the few hours which he could spare from the business of office , were more like the necessary restoratives of a frame already shattered , than ...
... success . he was in the fullest sense of the phrase , a public man ; and his indulgences in the few hours which he could spare from the business of office , were more like the necessary restoratives of a frame already shattered , than ...
Pagina 86
... success . The Dutchess still declared herself dissatisfied . At length Fox took up a cluster of grapes and presented it to her , with the motto , " Je plais jusqu'à l'ivresse ; " his superiority was acknowledged by acclamation . Burke ...
... success . The Dutchess still declared herself dissatisfied . At length Fox took up a cluster of grapes and presented it to her , with the motto , " Je plais jusqu'à l'ivresse ; " his superiority was acknowledged by acclamation . Burke ...
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Pagina 155 - ... government from its natural and accustomed support, a scheme for disconnecting the authority to command service from the power of animating it by reward, and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government without the means of softening them to the public by any one act of grace, favour, or benignity.
Pagina 154 - In the state of deep distress in which the prince and the whole royal family were involved, by the heavy calamity which has fallen upon the king, and at a moment when government, deprived of its chief energy and support, seemed peculiarly to need the cordial and united aid of all descriptions of good subjects, it was not expected by the prince, that a plan should be offered to his consideration, by which government was to be rendered difficult, if not impracticable, in the hands of any person intended...
Pagina 406 - To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince, George the Fourth, with long and happy years to reign over us.
Pagina 152 - I beg leave to add, that their ideas are formed on the supposition that his majesty's illness is only temporary, and may be of no long duration. It may be difficult to fix beforehand, the precise period for which these provisions ought to last; but if unfortunately his majesty's recovery should be protracted to a more distant period than there is reason at present to imagine, it will be open hereafter to the wisdom of parliament to reconsider these provisions, whenever the circumstances appear to...
Pagina 202 - It will be my duty likewise to act upon another motive, that of giving an example of patience and resignation under every trial " Do me the justice to believe that I shall never cease to pray for your happiness, and to be Your much devoted (Signed) CAROLINE.
Pagina 156 - If attention to what is presumed might be his majesty's feelings and wishes on the happy day of his recovery be the object, it is with the truest sincerity the prince expresses his firm conviction, that...
Pagina 408 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Pagina 20 - The young King has all the appearance of being amiable. There is great grace to temper much dignity and extreme good-nature, which breaks out on all occasions.
Pagina 141 - Fox, to undergo an examination in the lords, he affectedly said,—" that the house deserved credit for decorum, in not taking advantage of the offer, and demanding such an inquiry. But while his royal highness's feelings had been, doubtless, considered on the occasion, he must take the liberty of saying, however some might think it a subordinate consideration, that there was another person, entitled, in every delicate and honourable mind, to the same attention; one whom he would not otherwise venture...
Pagina 142 - Queen, or any other person of his royal family, usually residing in Great Britain, to be the guardian of the person of such successor, and the regent of these kingdoms, until such successor should attain the age of eighteen years...