The Life and Correspondence of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 3. kötet

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University Press, 1913
 

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559. oldal - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
2. oldal - That an habeas corpus, according to the true intent and meaningof this act, may be directed and run into any county Palatine, the Cinque Ports, or other privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
559. oldal - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
304. oldal - What a lustre," said the House of Lords in their address to him, — " what a lustre does it cast upon the name of Briton, when you, sir, are pleased to esteem it among your glories !
232. oldal - Perhaps it is not too much to say that sustaining this war, arduous as it has been and still is, may not be more difficult than properly and happily closing it. The materials in His Majesty's hands are certainly very many and great, and it is to be hoped that in working them up in the great edifice of a solid and general pacification of Europe, there may be no confusion of languages, but that the workmen may understand one another.
115. oldal - I am sure we are undone, both at home and abroad : at home, by our increasing debt and expenses ; abroad, by our ill-luck and incapacity.
519. oldal - Lord Temple have the Treasury? You could go on then very well." — "Sir, the person whom you shall think fit to honour with the chief conduct of your affairs cannot possibly go on without a Treasury connected with him. But that alone will do nothing. It cannot be carried on without the great families, who have supported the Revolution Government, and other great persons, of whose abilities and integrity the public has had experience, and who have weight and credit in the nation.
271. oldal - I was called [he declared] by my Sovereign and by the Voice of the People to assist the State when others had abdicated the service of it. That being so no one can be surprised that I will go on no longer since my advice is not taken.
302. oldal - For myself, I am the greatest cipher that ever appeared at Court. The young King is hardly civil to me ; talks to me of nothing, and scarce answers me upon my own Treasury affairs...

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