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Σελίδα 21
... when they began to spurn at parental control , and fancying that Princes are
not amenable to the same moral laws as other men , ran into every kind of excess
and debauchery , which instilled into the minds of the people a disgust for royalty
...
... when they began to spurn at parental control , and fancying that Princes are
not amenable to the same moral laws as other men , ran into every kind of excess
and debauchery , which instilled into the minds of the people a disgust for royalty
...
Σελίδα 41
The character of George III . , was mulish , and obstinate to the very last degree ,
and if like Don Quixote , he had once made up his mind to believe that a windmill
was a giant , it was in vain to attempt to drive the crotchet out of his head .
The character of George III . , was mulish , and obstinate to the very last degree ,
and if like Don Quixote , he had once made up his mind to believe that a windmill
was a giant , it was in vain to attempt to drive the crotchet out of his head .
Σελίδα 42
Queen was by no means ignorant of this trait in his character , and she has often
experienced the effect of his hasty temper in endeavouring to dissuade him from
any object on which he had fixed his mind , and from the execution of which she ...
Queen was by no means ignorant of this trait in his character , and she has often
experienced the effect of his hasty temper in endeavouring to dissuade him from
any object on which he had fixed his mind , and from the execution of which she ...
Σελίδα 50
Let me impress it strongly upon your mind , that obedience to your superior
officers is your first , your principal duty . By knowing how to obey , you will learn
how to command , and think not that the high station in which you were born ...
Let me impress it strongly upon your mind , that obedience to your superior
officers is your first , your principal duty . By knowing how to obey , you will learn
how to command , and think not that the high station in which you were born ...
Σελίδα 51
With the view of removing from his mind as much as possible , all idea of the
superiority of his rank , his equipment was rather of a secondary character , than
such as might be supposed to be furnished to a son of the King of England .
With the view of removing from his mind as much as possible , all idea of the
superiority of his rank , his equipment was rather of a secondary character , than
such as might be supposed to be furnished to a son of the King of England .
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Σελίδα 5 - So far. is it from being true, that we acquired a right by the revolution to elect our kings, that if we had possessed it before, the English nation did at that time most solemnly renounce and abdicate it, for themselves and for .all their posterity for ever.
Σελίδα 513 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Σελίδα 11 - ... to be to the heirs of the body of the said princess, and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body, and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said prince of Orange.
Σελίδα 244 - His Royal Highness often tells me, he believes I am married ; for he never saw a lover so easy, or say so little of the object he has a regard for. When I tell him I certainly am not, he says, ' Then he is sure I must have a great esteem for you, and that it is not what is (vulgarly), I do not much like the use of that word, called love.
Σελίδα 346 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Σελίδα 533 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Σελίδα 102 - General Washington observes — " After I wrote to you from Morris Town, I received information that the sentries at the door of Sir Henry Clinton were doubled at eight o'clock every night, from an apprehension of an attempt to surprise him in them. If this be true, it is more than probable the...
Σελίδα 109 - ... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts were, however, removed when Lord Hood introduced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation ; and an enthusiasm when speaking...
Σελίδα 4 - Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons do in the name of all the people aforesaid most humbly and faithfully submit themselves, their heirs and posterities for ever...
Σελίδα 505 - Majesty's arms, and the circumstances of the war in these •seas, required a considerable degree of enterprise, I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system...
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| Τίτλος | The History of the Life and Reign of William the Fourth, the Reform Monarch of England ...: Including Political Portraits of the Celebrated Men who Were the Friends and Supporters of His Government |
| Συγγραφέας | Robert Huish |
| Εκδότης | W. Emans, 1837 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | Πανεπιστήμιο Οξφόρδης |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 17 Οκτ. 2006 |
| Μέγεθος | 716 σελίδες |
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