Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, المجلد 41835 |
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... favour of the princess , conducted during their services to William , a secret correspondence with the court of St Germains . The stigma , if such it may be called , cannot be 21 20 18 16 For an interesting sketch of the characters of ...
... favour of the princess , conducted during their services to William , a secret correspondence with the court of St Germains . The stigma , if such it may be called , cannot be 21 20 18 16 For an interesting sketch of the characters of ...
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... favour of the queen , to whom he was in the habit , through the intervention of Abi- gail , of paying secret visits . It is difficult to follow the windings of " Vide Lockhart Papers , vol . i . p . 310 . " Smollett . — Somerville , p ...
... favour of the queen , to whom he was in the habit , through the intervention of Abi- gail , of paying secret visits . It is difficult to follow the windings of " Vide Lockhart Papers , vol . i . p . 310 . " Smollett . — Somerville , p ...
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... favour to her ancient friend , though the warrior had condescended to beg it on his knees.42 The treaty of peace , so advantageous to France , which was ratified by the Tory ministry of Anne , has been well canvassed , and is not a ...
... favour to her ancient friend , though the warrior had condescended to beg it on his knees.42 The treaty of peace , so advantageous to France , which was ratified by the Tory ministry of Anne , has been well canvassed , and is not a ...
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... favour met with such faint support from the English Jacobites , that , in the February follow- ing , he found it prudent to re - embark for France . A terrible scene of blood and vengeance ensued ; the meaner throng of prisoners ...
... favour met with such faint support from the English Jacobites , that , in the February follow- ing , he found it prudent to re - embark for France . A terrible scene of blood and vengeance ensued ; the meaner throng of prisoners ...
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... favour , on the supposition , doubtless , that the shock produced by the failure of the South Sea project would be favourable to their designs . The measures of government , however , were at once so judicious and prompt , that the ...
... favour , on the supposition , doubtless , that the shock produced by the failure of the South Sea project would be favourable to their designs . The measures of government , however , were at once so judicious and prompt , that the ...
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الصفحة 75 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law, and the better Advancement of Justice...
الصفحة 265 - The cause of Congreve was not tenable: whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated.
الصفحة 397 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
الصفحة 210 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
الصفحة 56 - Trevor, and who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II.
الصفحة 275 - The difficulties and discouragements which attend the Study of the Scriptures, in the way of private judgment...
الصفحة 398 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
الصفحة 53 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
الصفحة 254 - The university approved the contents of this letter, and accordingly created Mr. AtterburyD.D. Our author's work was entitled, "The Rights, Powers, and Privileges of an English Convocation, stated and vindicated, in answer to a late book of Dr.
الصفحة 423 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.