Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page 159
... Temple an impertinent poltroon , Egmont a solemn coxcomb , Lyttelton a poor creature whose only wish was to go to heaven in a coronet , Onslow a pompous proser , Washington a braggart , Lord Camden sullen , Lord Townshend ma- levolent ...
... Temple an impertinent poltroon , Egmont a solemn coxcomb , Lyttelton a poor creature whose only wish was to go to heaven in a coronet , Onslow a pompous proser , Washington a braggart , Lord Camden sullen , Lord Townshend ma- levolent ...
Page 181
... - tended into the city by the chiefs of the Opposition , when the Prince of Wales himself stopped at Temple- Bar to drink success to the English arms , the Minister heard all the steeples of the city jingling with a TO SIR HORACE MANN .
... - tended into the city by the chiefs of the Opposition , when the Prince of Wales himself stopped at Temple- Bar to drink success to the English arms , the Minister heard all the steeples of the city jingling with a TO SIR HORACE MANN .
Page 235
... Temple , whose sister Pitt had lately married , was placed at the head of the Admiralty . It was clear from the first that this administration would last but a very short time . It lasted not quite five months ; and , during those five ...
... Temple , whose sister Pitt had lately married , was placed at the head of the Admiralty . It was clear from the first that this administration would last but a very short time . It lasted not quite five months ; and , during those five ...
Page 238
... Temple entertained his royal master with an elaborate parallel between Byng's behaviour at Mi- norca , and his Majesty's behaviour at Oudenarde , in which the advantage was all on the side of the Ad- miral . This state of things could ...
... Temple entertained his royal master with an elaborate parallel between Byng's behaviour at Mi- norca , and his Majesty's behaviour at Oudenarde , in which the advantage was all on the side of the Ad- miral . This state of things could ...
Page 277
... temple is filled with licensed stews . Privileges of an equally absurd kind have been set up against the jurisdiction of political philosophy . Vile abuses cluster thick round every glorious event , round every venerable name ; and this ...
... temple is filled with licensed stews . Privileges of an equally absurd kind have been set up against the jurisdiction of political philosophy . Vile abuses cluster thick round every glorious event , round every venerable name ; and this ...
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