Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries ...T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 - Anecdotes |
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... have no reason to defire that " it fhould be concealed ; though even then , " he muft likewife have his Majefty's promife " never to afk , or expect he fhould discover , " how 2 . 66 how or when he came to know of his 6 CHARLES THE SECOND .
... have no reason to defire that " it fhould be concealed ; though even then , " he muft likewife have his Majefty's promife " never to afk , or expect he fhould discover , " how 2 . 66 how or when he came to know of his 6 CHARLES THE SECOND .
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... never mentioning any part of " this story till after the Restoration , and then " not defiring to know how Downing's intelli- ❝gence came , which he never discovered , though " he ( the King ) often faid it was a mystery ; " for no ...
... never mentioning any part of " this story till after the Restoration , and then " not defiring to know how Downing's intelli- ❝gence came , which he never discovered , though " he ( the King ) often faid it was a mystery ; " for no ...
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... never " fuffer him to animate his own defigns and " others actions with that spirit which is re- 66 quifite for his quality , and much more to his " fortune . " This , to any but to you , or " This , 10 CHARLES THE SECOND . << ...
... never " fuffer him to animate his own defigns and " others actions with that spirit which is re- 66 quifite for his quality , and much more to his " fortune . " This , to any but to you , or " This , 10 CHARLES THE SECOND . << ...
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... never think " them fo to " Your most affectionat frind " CHARLES R. " Paris , Nov 23 , 1652. ” Charles had pardoned a perfon of quality who had killed his antagonist unfairly in a duel . Some time afterwards , the perfon upon whom he ...
... never think " them fo to " Your most affectionat frind " CHARLES R. " Paris , Nov 23 , 1652. ” Charles had pardoned a perfon of quality who had killed his antagonist unfairly in a duel . Some time afterwards , the perfon upon whom he ...
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... never fear their will ) to impofe as much upon " him as the fame party did upon his Father in " the Isle of Wight treaty . ** 1 « Utrecht , June 17 , 1659. ” THE following Letter from Princefs Eliza- beth , daughter of the Queen of ...
... never fear their will ) to impofe as much upon " him as the fame party did upon his Father in " the Isle of Wight treaty . ** 1 « Utrecht , June 17 , 1659. ” THE following Letter from Princefs Eliza- beth , daughter of the Queen of ...
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Page 473 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations, and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
Page 321 - When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Page 68 - Turks' man-of-war tacked about, and we continued our course. But when your father saw it convenient to retreat, looking upon me, he blessed himself, and snatched me up in his arms, saying, ' Good God, that love can make this change !' and though he seemingly chid me, he would laugh at it as often as he remembered that voyage.
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Page 471 - His illness was long, but borne with a mild and cheerful fortitude, without the least mixture of any thing irritable or querulous ; agreeably to the placid and even tenour of his whole life. He had, from the beginning of his malady, a distinct view of his dissolution ; and he contemplated it with that entire composure, which nothing but the innocence, integrity, and usefulness of his life, and an unaffected submission to the will of Providence, could bestow.
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