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... known and appreciated to render those services fully effective . Shortly after the accession of William and Mary , Somers was appointed Solicitor - General , and re- ceived the honour of knighthood . Bishop Burnet says , that in the ...
... known and appreciated to render those services fully effective . Shortly after the accession of William and Mary , Somers was appointed Solicitor - General , and re- ceived the honour of knighthood . Bishop Burnet says , that in the ...
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... known . There is , however , no doubt that the concluding years of his existence were darkened by much sickness and some degree of mental aliena- tion . On the accession of George I. he formally took his seat at the Council - Board ...
... known . There is , however , no doubt that the concluding years of his existence were darkened by much sickness and some degree of mental aliena- tion . On the accession of George I. he formally took his seat at the Council - Board ...
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... known , nor the footing on which he stood with the family , the first steps in this affair are left in obscurity . The result is better known . Mr. Tyers , in an unpublished essay on ' Addison's Life and Writings , ' says , " Holland ...
... known , nor the footing on which he stood with the family , the first steps in this affair are left in obscurity . The result is better known . Mr. Tyers , in an unpublished essay on ' Addison's Life and Writings , ' says , " Holland ...
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... known at home , or even to the enemy . The first fruit of this was the battle of Schellenberg , near Donawerth , on the Danube , where the Elector of Bavaria's lines were forced , and his army beaten . The French , under Marshal Tallard ...
... known at home , or even to the enemy . The first fruit of this was the battle of Schellenberg , near Donawerth , on the Danube , where the Elector of Bavaria's lines were forced , and his army beaten . The French , under Marshal Tallard ...
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... known in the wars of the age , filled the subordinate com- mands ; and the household troops , the Swiss and Irish brigades , with others , the flower of the French army , were collected in the camp . Not less imposing was the army on ...
... known in the wars of the age , filled the subordinate com- mands ; and the household troops , the Swiss and Irish brigades , with others , the flower of the French army , were collected in the camp . Not less imposing was the army on ...
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Page 284 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot — I venture to say it — you cannot conquer America.
Page 168 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of anything else which he has written.
Page 274 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Page 107 - The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted ; the other, The Freeholder's Plea against the Stock-jobbing Elections of Parliament-men.
Page 158 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found?
Page 44 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 242 - Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Page 478 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Page 42 - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by news-writers, and the zealots of parties : as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics ; and to be made good fathers, husbands, and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
Page 156 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified.