Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own TimesJ. Murray, 1818 - 252 strán (strany) |
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... Court of Requests , he met a member of the contrary party , whose avarice he ima- gined would not reject a large bribe . He took him aside , and said , " Such a question comes on this day ; give me your vote , and here is a bank bill of ...
... Court of Requests , he met a member of the contrary party , whose avarice he ima- gined would not reject a large bribe . He took him aside , and said , " Such a question comes on this day ; give me your vote , and here is a bank bill of ...
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... court . Hence we may learn that a bribe , if it be large enough , and seasonably offered , will fre- quently overcome the virtue and resolu- tion of persons of the highest rank , and that the power of love and beauty will sometimes ...
... court . Hence we may learn that a bribe , if it be large enough , and seasonably offered , will fre- quently overcome the virtue and resolu- tion of persons of the highest rank , and that the power of love and beauty will sometimes ...
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... court - martial , and my Lord GEORGE SACKVILLE was disgraced by another . But both were acquitted of the crime of cowardice . And yet this is the only charge brought against them both before and since their trials , by the voice of the ...
... court - martial , and my Lord GEORGE SACKVILLE was disgraced by another . But both were acquitted of the crime of cowardice . And yet this is the only charge brought against them both before and since their trials , by the voice of the ...
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... a scheme which the CHEVALIER'S Court or the jacobites in England had projected during Sir ROBERT's long administration , of which that minister was not early in- The formed , and was therefore able to defeat it OF HIS OWN TIMES . 37.
... a scheme which the CHEVALIER'S Court or the jacobites in England had projected during Sir ROBERT's long administration , of which that minister was not early in- The formed , and was therefore able to defeat it OF HIS OWN TIMES . 37.
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... courts for her pompous manner of travelling , in which she affected the state of a sovereign prince . It is no wonder that this woman , who was half - mad , was induced by CECIL to entertain the same favour- able opinion with himself of ...
... courts for her pompous manner of travelling , in which she affected the state of a sovereign prince . It is no wonder that this woman , who was half - mad , was induced by CECIL to entertain the same favour- able opinion with himself of ...
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Strana 206 - Walkenshaw should be removed to a convent for a certain term; but her gallant absolutely refused to comply with this demand : and although Mr M'Namara, the gentleman who was sent to him, who...
Strana 237 - Howe, a sensible, well-natured man, possessed of an estate of £700 or £800 per annum. He married a young lady of a good family in the west of England : her maiden name was Mallet ; she was agreeable in her person and manners, and proved a very good wife. Seven or eight years after they had been married, he rose one morning very early, and told his wife he was...
Strana 129 - Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I...
Strana 102 - If the Duke, who left at his death more than a million and a half sterling, could have foreseen that all his wealth and honours were to be inherited by a grandson of my Lord Trevor's, who had been one of his enemies, would he have been so careful to save sixpence for the sake of his heir ? Not for the sake of his heir; but he would always have saved a sixpence.
Strana 241 - When Howe left his wife, they lived in a house in Jermyn-street, near St. James's church ; he went no farther than to a little street in Westminster, where he took a room, for which he paid five or six shillings a week, and changing his name, and disguising himself by wearing a black wig (for he was a fair man), he remained in this habitation during the whole time of his absence. He had...
Strana 199 - He came one evening to my lodgings and drank tea with me ; my servant, after he was gone, said to me that he thought my new visitor very like Prince Charles. 'Why...
Strana 199 - He has an handsome face and good eyes; (I think his busts, which about this time were commonly sold in London, are more like him than any of his pictures which I have yet seen;) but in...
Strana 103 - ... was helped into his chariot (for he was then very lame and infirm), and went home ; some little time after he returned to the same coffee-house on purpose to acquaint the woman who kept it that she had given him a bad halfpenny, and demanded another in exchange for it. Sir JAMES had about 40,0007. per annum, and was at a loss whom to appoint his heir.
Strana 205 - When he was in Scotland he had a mistress, whose name is Walkenshaw, and whose sister was at that time, and is still housekeeper at Leicester house. Some years after he was released from his prison, and conducted out of France, he sent for this girl, who soon acquired such a dominion over him, that she was acquainted with all his schemes, and trusted with his most secret correspondence. As soon as this was known in England, all those persons of distinction who were attached to him were greatly alarmed...
Strana 201 - But I was still more astonished, when I found him unacquainted with the history and constitution of England, in which he ought to have been very early '! instructed. I never heard him express any noble or benevolent sentiments, the certain indications of a great soul and a good heart; or ' discover any sorrow or compassion lor the misfortunes of so many worthy men who had suffered in his cause.