Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont, Knight of St. Patrick, &c. &c. &c, Том 2T. Cadell, 1812 - 412 стор. |
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Сторінка 221 - The spirit it is impossible not to admire; but the old Parisian ferocity has broken out in a shocking manner. It is true that this may be no more than a sudden explosion ; if so, no indication can be taken from it ; but if it should be character, rather than accident, then that people are not fit for liberty, and must have a strong hand, like that of their former masters, to coerce them.
Сторінка 286 - no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language.
Сторінка 220 - As to us here, our thoughts of every thing at home are suspended by our astonishment at the wonderful spectacle which is exhibited in a neighbouring and rival country. What spectators, and what actors ! England gazing with astonishment at a French struggle for liberty, and not knowing whether to blame or applaud.
Сторінка 285 - I ever passed in my life, was going with him tete-a-tete, from London to Beaconsfield. He stopped at Uxbridge whilst his horses were feeding, and happening to meet some gentlemen of I know not what Militia, who appeared to be perfect strangers to him, he entered into discourse with them at the gateway of the inn. His conversation at that moment completely exemplified what Johnson said of him, ' That you could not meet Burke under a shed without saying that he was an extraordinary man.
Сторінка 170 - The strife was ended by the recovery of the King from his temporary fit of insanity, and nowhere was that recovery hailed with louder rejoicings than at Oxford. A public dinner was given by the corporation, the city flag was displayed...
Сторінка 400 - It seems astonishing that this usage of administering the torture should be said to arise from a tenderness to the lives of men: and yet this is the reason given for its introduction in the civil law, and its subsequent adoption by the French and other foreign nations...
Сторінка 3 - ... rights of your country. Go on. The almost unanimous voice of the people is with you ; and in a free country the voice of the people must prevail. We know our duty to our Sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and, in so just a pursuit, we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Сторінка 15 - I had put myself into a very suspicious character; but I do assure you I am the very same man, in all respects, that I was when you knew me, and honoured me with some share in your esteem ; that I maintain the same opinions and act- with* the same people.
Сторінка 137 - ... those of the opposition, 77. This was followed, and wisely too, by a resolution, " declaratory of the fixed determination of the House to maintain its privileges and just rights against any encroachments whatever ; and that it was then indispensably necessary to make such a declaration.
Сторінка 104 - His progress from his diocese to the Metropolis, and his entrance into it, were perfectly correspondent to the rest of his conduct. Through every town on the road he seemed to court, and was received, with all warlike honours ; and I remember seeing him pass by the Parliament House in Dublin, (Lords and Commons were then both sitting) escorted by a body of dragoons, full of spirits and talk, apparently enjoying the eager gaze of the surrounding multitude, and displaying altogether, the self-complacency...