The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Present Time. Including a Complete History of England from that Area, 8. kötetCharles Dilly, 1791 |
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5. oldal
... confider- able fhare in directing the education of the new king , had acquired an afcendancy in the royal fa- vour that was extremely injurious to the real in- terefts of the kingdom . It has been obferved , that at the critical moment ...
... confider- able fhare in directing the education of the new king , had acquired an afcendancy in the royal fa- vour that was extremely injurious to the real in- terefts of the kingdom . It has been obferved , that at the critical moment ...
12. oldal
... confiderable property , who had long been a great admirer of Mr. Pitt , and who be- queathed to him the bulk of his estate . The marquis of Rockingham and his friends con- tinued in adminiftration but a fhort time ; though during their ...
... confiderable property , who had long been a great admirer of Mr. Pitt , and who be- queathed to him the bulk of his estate . The marquis of Rockingham and his friends con- tinued in adminiftration but a fhort time ; though during their ...
24. oldal
... , which , though of confiderable length , we fhall here infert , because every relick of the eloquence of lord Chatham is valuable , and worthy of preferva- tion . " I rife , " I rife , my lords , to declare my 24 WILLIAM PITT ,
... , which , though of confiderable length , we fhall here infert , because every relick of the eloquence of lord Chatham is valuable , and worthy of preferva- tion . " I rife , " I rife , my lords , to declare my 24 WILLIAM PITT ,
31. oldal
... confiderable part of America yet found - the middle and the fouthern provinces : fome parts may be factious and blind to their true interefts- but if we exprefs a wife and benevolent difpofition to communicate with them thofe immutable ...
... confiderable part of America yet found - the middle and the fouthern provinces : fome parts may be factious and blind to their true interefts- but if we exprefs a wife and benevolent difpofition to communicate with them thofe immutable ...
90. oldal
... confiderable time , and which carried him off in the year 1768. The following fhort epitaph was written on him by Garrick , who was his intimate friend and admirer : " SHALL Pride a heap of fculptur'd marble raife , Some worthlefs , un ...
... confiderable time , and which carried him off in the year 1768. The following fhort epitaph was written on him by Garrick , who was his intimate friend and admirer : " SHALL Pride a heap of fculptur'd marble raife , Some worthlefs , un ...
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118. oldal - In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life.
199. oldal - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
102. oldal - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
37. oldal - That God and nature put into our hands.' I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature ; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian...
38. oldal - Judges to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
25. oldal - This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
66. oldal - ... the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order: correct, nay stern in his taste; hard to please, and easily offended, impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane and benevolent heart...
97. oldal - Thou great Infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more. When doctrines meet with gen'ral approbation, It is not Heresy, but Reformation.
29. oldal - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
2. oldal - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.