The Life of William, Lord Russell: With Some Account of the Times in which He Lived, المجلد 1Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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الصفحة viii
... present liberties . There are some observations , however , which ought properly to precede this work , lest the reader should find the same disappointment in the perusal , which the author felt in the com- viii PREFACE .
... present liberties . There are some observations , however , which ought properly to precede this work , lest the reader should find the same disappointment in the perusal , which the author felt in the com- viii PREFACE .
الصفحة xii
... present work is derived , are the well - known histories and memoirs , written by persons who lived at the time of which they treat . But it would be ungrateful in me not to acknowledge the great obligations I xii PREFACE .
... present work is derived , are the well - known histories and memoirs , written by persons who lived at the time of which they treat . But it would be ungrateful in me not to acknowledge the great obligations I xii PREFACE .
الصفحة xiv
... present spring , through the Count de Caraman , who at present represents the French government at London . His immediate attention to my letter , and indeed the xiv PREFACE .
... present spring , through the Count de Caraman , who at present represents the French government at London . His immediate attention to my letter , and indeed the xiv PREFACE .
الصفحة xv
... presents his com- pliments to Lord John Russell , and has the ho- nour to inform him , that having written to M. le Baron Pasquier on the subject of his request , to be allowed to consult the dispatches of M. Barillon at the Archives ...
... presents his com- pliments to Lord John Russell , and has the ho- nour to inform him , that having written to M. le Baron Pasquier on the subject of his request , to be allowed to consult the dispatches of M. Barillon at the Archives ...
الصفحة xvi
... presents his compli- ments to M. le Comte de Caraman , and begs to return him his best thanks for the readiness with which he transmitted his request , and the manner in which he communicates the answer . " Lord John Russell , however ...
... presents his compli- ments to M. le Comte de Caraman , and begs to return him his best thanks for the readiness with which he transmitted his request , and the manner in which he communicates the answer . " Lord John Russell , however ...
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الصفحة 208 - And seemed as he were only born for love. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please; His motions all accompanied with grace, And Paradise was opened in his face.
الصفحة 62 - Majesty that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament.
الصفحة 79 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
الصفحة 111 - Lord Russel intriguing with the court of Versailles, and Algernon Sidney taking money from it, I felt very near the same shock as if I had seen a son turn his back in the day of battle.
الصفحة 65 - He quickly got out of some of the disorders into which the Court had drawn him, and ever after that his life was unblemished in all respects. He had from his first education an inclination to favour the nonconformists, and wished the laws could have been made easier to them, or they more pliant to the law. He was a slow man, and of little discourse ; but he had a true judgment, when he considered things at his own leisure. His understanding was not defective; but his virtues were so eminent that...
الصفحة 227 - Whigs, who consider them as a trust for the people, a doctrine which the Tories themselves, when pushed in argument, will sometimes admit, naturally think it their duty rather to change the manager of the trust, than to impair the subject of it; while others, who consider them as...
الصفحة 213 - ... the Duke ascended the throne, " men must make up their minds either to become Papists, or to be burnt." Notwithstanding the pleas of Secretary Coventry and Lord Cavendish for leaving matters as they were, on May 7th the House of Commons resolved " That a bill be brought in to disable the Duke of York from inheriting the imperial crown of this realm.
الصفحة 131 - We have here a mighty work upon our hands, no less than the conversion of three kingdoms, and by that perhaps the utter subduing of a pestilent heresy, which has a long time domineered over a great part 'of this northern world. There were never such hopes of success, since the days of queen Mary, as now in our days. God has given us a prince...
الصفحة 10 - The Earl of Bedford secretly undertook to His Majesty, that the Earl of Strafford's life should be preserved ; and to procure his revenue to be settled, as amply as any of his progenitors ; the which he intended so really, that, to my knowledge, he had it in design to endeavour...
الصفحة 129 - I take God to witness that I proceeded in it in the sincerity of my heart, being then really convinced, as I am still, that there was a conspiracy against the king, the nation, and the Protestant religion.