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, Volume 8Charles Dilly, 1791 - Great Britain |
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... appeared to give no fatisfaction to the king . As Mr. Pitt had conducted the war againft France with fuch eminent ability , fo her also received the most accurate information of the hoftile intentions and private intrigues of the court ...
... appeared to give no fatisfaction to the king . As Mr. Pitt had conducted the war againft France with fuch eminent ability , fo her also received the most accurate information of the hoftile intentions and private intrigues of the court ...
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... appearance of the GREAT COMMONER ( fuch had now become the honourable ftyle of Mr. Pitt ) was hailed with every demonstration of gratitude and joy . " " The year preceding this , the firft ftone of the new bridge at Black Friars was ...
... appearance of the GREAT COMMONER ( fuch had now become the honourable ftyle of Mr. Pitt ) was hailed with every demonstration of gratitude and joy . " " The year preceding this , the firft ftone of the new bridge at Black Friars was ...
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... appeared in parliament to reprobate the meafures adopted re- fpecting America . On the 20th of January , 1775 , the earl of Dartmouth , then fecretary of ftate for America , having produced in the house of peers fome official American ...
... appeared in parliament to reprobate the meafures adopted re- fpecting America . On the 20th of January , 1775 , the earl of Dartmouth , then fecretary of ftate for America , having produced in the house of peers fome official American ...
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... appeared to be extremely feeble , and spoke with that difficulty of utterance which is the cha- racteristick of fevere indifpofition . His Lordship began with declaring , that his ill health had for fome time obliged him to abfent ...
... appeared to be extremely feeble , and spoke with that difficulty of utterance which is the cha- racteristick of fevere indifpofition . His Lordship began with declaring , that his ill health had for fome time obliged him to abfent ...
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... appeared that the earl was born November 15 , 1708 , and died on the 11th of May , 1778 , was elegantly wrought in filver gilt . Over his coffin , as it lay in ftate , was a velvet pall , adorned with eight efcutcheons of the family ...
... appeared that the earl was born November 15 , 1708 , and died on the 11th of May , 1778 , was elegantly wrought in filver gilt . Over his coffin , as it lay in ftate , was a velvet pall , adorned with eight efcutcheons of the family ...
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Page 118 - 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.
Page 199 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Page 102 - 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.
Page 37 - 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...
Page 38 - 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.
Page 25 - 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.
Page 66 - ... 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...
Page 97 - 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.
Page 29 - 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!
Page 2 - 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.