The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763; in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Volumen4A. Small, 1822 |
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Página 451 - Thames ! the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold : His genuine and less guilty wealth to' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th...
Página 120 - Her death took place on the morning of the 1st of August, 1714, in the fiftieth year of her age, and the thirteenth of her reign.
Página 376 - The stream was rapid, the shore shelving, the bank above lined with sentinels, the landing-place so narrow as to be easily missed in the dark, and the steepness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted in the daytime.
Página 79 - Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the Succession to the Crown of Great Britain, in the Protestant Line...
Página 457 - Are the groves and the valleys as gay, And the shepherds as gentle as ours ? The groves may perhaps be as fair, And the face of the valleys as fine ; The swains may in manners compare, But their love is not equal to mine.
Página 184 - sensible" you need say nothing more; but if you write the word "foolish" you must give a reason for your opinion. Section A. (1) A soldier writing home to his mother said: "I am writing this letter with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other.
Página 233 - The English ministry, which laid down the law for all, because it laid down the money, and which had in its pay, all at one time, the queen of Hungary, the king of Poland and the king of Sardinia, considered that there was everything to lose by a treaty with France and everything to gain by arms. War continued, because it had commenced" [Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XV.].
Página 205 - Abandoned by my friends, persecuted by my " enemies, and attacked by my nearest relations, I have no "resource left, but in your fidelity and valour. On "you alone I depend for relief; and into your hands I " commit, with confidence, the son of your sovereign, and "my just cause.
Página 408 - If these views are to be followed, this is the last time I can sit at this Board. I was called to the Administration of Affairs by the voice of the People : to them I have always considered myself as accountable for my conduct ; and therefore cannot remain in a situation which makes me responsible for measures I am no longer allowed to guide.
Página 451 - Cooper's Hill, My eye, descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays ; Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...