The History of the Life and Reign of William the Fourth, the Reform Monarch of England ...: Including Political Portraits of the Celebrated Men who Were the Friends and Supporters of His GovernmentW. Emans, 1837 - 716 Seiten |
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... rank in life would consider the great difficulties that Princes have to encounter , they would be less in- clined to judge them with so much severity as they generally do . They ought in the first place to consider that in ordinary life ...
... rank in life would consider the great difficulties that Princes have to encounter , they would be less in- clined to judge them with so much severity as they generally do . They ought in the first place to consider that in ordinary life ...
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... rank of a palace , as being the habitation of a King , is a mere gewgaw of the most insufferable vanity , and that all the swelling grandeur , all the pomp , all the outward circumstances of royalty are nothing more than glare and ...
... rank of a palace , as being the habitation of a King , is a mere gewgaw of the most insufferable vanity , and that all the swelling grandeur , all the pomp , all the outward circumstances of royalty are nothing more than glare and ...
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... rank , that there are few who cannot trace their genealogy as far back as Charlemagne , and not a few even to Noah . A man in Germany , without a well ramified genealogical tree , is like a man in England without a character , he is ...
... rank , that there are few who cannot trace their genealogy as far back as Charlemagne , and not a few even to Noah . A man in Germany , without a well ramified genealogical tree , is like a man in England without a character , he is ...
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... rank and station which Prince William held in society , it could not but be con- sidered as rather a premature decision on the part of his father , to send him to sea , at the early age of thirteen , when his education was by no means ...
... rank and station which Prince William held in society , it could not but be con- sidered as rather a premature decision on the part of his father , to send him to sea , at the early age of thirteen , when his education was by no means ...
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... rank of Field Marshal in the English army , we are naturally led to inquire into the extent of his services by which he has rendered himself worthy of so distinguished a rank . History , however , is totally silent on that subject , and ...
... rank of Field Marshal in the English army , we are naturally led to inquire into the extent of his services by which he has rendered himself worthy of so distinguished a rank . History , however , is totally silent on that subject , and ...
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Seite 11 - ... and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body, and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said prince of Orange.
Seite 5 - So far. is it from being true, that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings, that if we had possessed it before, the English nation did at that time most solemnly renounce and abdicate it, for themselves and for .all their posterity for ever.
Seite 569 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Seite 11 - Princess, during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange...
Seite 260 - His Royal Highness often tells me, he believes I am married ; for he never saw a lover so easy, or say so little of the object he has a regard for. When I tell him I certainly am not, he says, ' Then he is sure I must have a great esteem for you, and that it is not what is (vulgarly), I do not much like the use of that word, called love.
Seite 326 - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, —I should conceive myself utterly unworthy of your favour if the slightest mark of public disapprobation did not affect me very sensibly. Since I have had the honour and the happiness to strive here to please you, it has been my constant endeavour by unremitting assiduity, to merit your approbation. I beg leave to assure you, upon my honour, that I have never absented myself one minute from the duties of my profession...
Seite 108 - General Washington observes — " After I wrote to you from Morris Town, I received information that the sentries at the door of Sir Henry Clinton were doubled at eight o'clock every night, from an apprehension of an attempt to surprise him in them. If this be true, it is more than probable the...
Seite 115 - ... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts were, however, removed when Lord Hood introduced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation ; and an enthusiasm when speaking...
Seite 4 - Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons do in the name of all the people aforesaid most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities for ever...
Seite 284 - Provided always, and these presents are upon this express condition, that if the said party of the first part, their heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, to the said...