Letters written by the ... earl of Chesterfield to his son, publ. by E. Stanhope, Volume 4 |
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Page 42 - Wherever you are, inform yourself minutely of, and attend particularly to the affairs of France ; they grow serious, and in my opinion will grow more and more so every day. The King is despised and I do not wonder at it ; but he has brought it about to be hated at the same time, which seldom happens to the same man. His ministers are known to be as disunited as incapable ; he hesitates between the Church...
Page 220 - Bradford estate, which he * *, is as much ; both which, at only five-and-twenty years' purchase, amount to eight hundred thousand pounds ; and all this he has left to his brother General Pulteney, and in his own disposal, though he never loved him. The legacies he has left are trifling, for, in truth, he cared for nobody ; the words give and bequeath were too shocking to him to repeat, and so he left all, in one word, to his brother.
Page 248 - I call them violent, measures; not less than les dragonades ; and to have the tax collected by the troops we have there. For my part, I never saw a froward child mended by whipping : and I would not have the mother country become a stepmother.
Page 254 - Pitt) who could give them that strength and solidity ; that, under this person, he should be willing to serve in any capacity, not only as a General Officer, but as a pioneer; and would take up a spade and a mattock.
Page 327 - ... tout ce que l'on peut croire du droit des peuples et de celui des rois, qui ne s'accordent jamais si bien ensemble que dans le silence.
Page 257 - Every body is puzzled how to account for this step ; though it would not be the first time that great abilities have been duped by low cunning. But be it what it will, he is now certainly only Earl of Chatham, and no longer Mr Pitt in any respect whatever.
Page 42 - The people are poor, consequently discontented : those who have religion, are divided in their notions of it: which is saying, that they hate one another. -The Clergy never do forgive ; much less will they forgive the Parliament: the Parliament never will forgive them.
Page 43 - ... would break out. Armies, though always the supporters and tools of absolute power for the time being, are always the destroyers of it too; by frequently changing the hands in which they think proper to lodge it.
Page 41 - ... they go. Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial life ; returns are equally expected for both ; and people will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.
Page 379 - ... more than upon Enjoyment ; and without which we should be, from our boasted Reason, the most miserable animals of the Creation. I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured in his own person, at least four incurable distempers. In the old days of laudable and rational Chivalry, a Knight could not even present himself to the adorable object of his affections, till he had been unhorsed, knocked down, and had two or three spears...