John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the reign of Edward i by J.F. Smith; and from that period by W. Howitt, 第 5 卷1875 |
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... equally unimagined future , was pleasantly riding near Kew with his mother's favourite and his own , lord Bute , when a groom rode hastily up to inform him of the sudden death of the late king . George , with the coolness habitual to ...
... equally unimagined future , was pleasantly riding near Kew with his mother's favourite and his own , lord Bute , when a groom rode hastily up to inform him of the sudden death of the late king . George , with the coolness habitual to ...
第 3 頁
... equally disagreeable surmises . The late king had left behind him a sum of from three to four hundred thousand pounds , and after leaving to the countess of Yarmouth a cabinet containing ten thousand pounds , he had made the duke of ...
... equally disagreeable surmises . The late king had left behind him a sum of from three to four hundred thousand pounds , and after leaving to the countess of Yarmouth a cabinet containing ten thousand pounds , he had made the duke of ...
第 10 頁
... equally armed England , Holland , and Austria against it . Besides the general compact , there was a particular one , which engaged that , should England and France remain at war on the 1st of May , 1762 , Spain should on that day ...
... equally armed England , Holland , and Austria against it . Besides the general compact , there was a particular one , which engaged that , should England and France remain at war on the 1st of May , 1762 , Spain should on that day ...
第 26 頁
... equally marvellous crimes , done by our country in the conquest of the great peninsula of India , with its one hundred and fifty millions of people . We shall have to unfold a system of the most unparalleled conquests , oppressions ...
... equally marvellous crimes , done by our country in the conquest of the great peninsula of India , with its one hundred and fifty millions of people . We shall have to unfold a system of the most unparalleled conquests , oppressions ...
第 27 頁
... equally profligate , and still more lewd . There these retiring character , and he was now rarely seen , except scandalous associates rivalled the " Hell - Fire Club " in their when he went once or twice a - year to parliament , or at ...
... equally profligate , and still more lewd . There these retiring character , and he was now rarely seen , except scandalous associates rivalled the " Hell - Fire Club " in their when he went once or twice a - year to parliament , or at ...
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第 432 頁 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
第 3 頁 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
第 190 頁 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
第 189 頁 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
第 114 頁 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed — you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally, repealed.
第 114 頁 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
第 300 頁 - But, you may rely upon it, the patience and long-suffering of this army are almost exhausted, and that there never was so great a spirit of discontent as at this instant. While in the field, I think it may be kept from breaking out into acts of outrage ; but when we retire into winter-quarters, unless the storm is previously dissipated, I cannot be at ease respecting the consequences. It is high time for a peace.
第 311 頁 - On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights, strict observance of public faith. On the other is a demagogue ranting about the tyranny of capitalists and usurers, and asking why anybody should be permitted to drink champagne and to ride in a carriage, while thousands of honest folks are in want of necessaries.
第 189 頁 - The ministers and ambassadors of those who are called rebels and enemies, are in Paris; in Paris they transact the reciprocal interests of America and France. Can there be a more mortifying insult ? Can even our ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace 1 Do they dare to resent it?