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... Charles Townshend , the chancel- lor of the exchequer , was " nephew of the prime minister , and son of a peer who was secretary of state , and leader of the House of Lords . " + Charles Townshend was not nephew , but grandnephew , of ...
... Charles Townshend , the chancel- lor of the exchequer , was " nephew of the prime minister , and son of a peer who was secretary of state , and leader of the House of Lords . " + Charles Townshend was not nephew , but grandnephew , of ...
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... Charles II . , and to the City and Country Mouse , that Montague owed his introduction into public life , his earldom , his garter , and his auditorship of the Exchequer . Swift , but for the unconquerable prejudice of the queen , would ...
... Charles II . , and to the City and Country Mouse , that Montague owed his introduction into public life , his earldom , his garter , and his auditorship of the Exchequer . Swift , but for the unconquerable prejudice of the queen , would ...
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... Charles Hanbury Williams , was far more pleasing to him than Thomson's Seasons or Richardson's Pamela . He had observed that some of the distinguished writers whom the favour of Halifax had turned into states- men , had been mere ...
... Charles Hanbury Williams , was far more pleasing to him than Thomson's Seasons or Richardson's Pamela . He had observed that some of the distinguished writers whom the favour of Halifax had turned into states- men , had been mere ...
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... Charles's faction . Those writers have carefully preserved every little circumstance which could tend to make their opponents odious or contemptible . They have told us that Pym broke down in a speech , that Ireton had his nose pulled ...
... Charles's faction . Those writers have carefully preserved every little circumstance which could tend to make their opponents odious or contemptible . They have told us that Pym broke down in a speech , that Ireton had his nose pulled ...
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... Charles the Bold . Comines , who had lived amidst the wealthy cities of Flanders , and who had visited Florence and Venice , had never seen a people so well governed as the English . " Or selon mon advis , " says he , " entre toutes les ...
... Charles the Bold . Comines , who had lived amidst the wealthy cities of Flanders , and who had visited Florence and Venice , had never seen a people so well governed as the English . " Or selon mon advis , " says he , " entre toutes les ...
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Seite 357 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Seite 40 - Campbell is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years * ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat. This shows that he has good principles.
Seite 399 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Seite 399 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Seite 399 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 399 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Seite 212 - C'est pure medisance : il ne 1'a jamais e"te". Tout ce qu'il faisait, c'est qu'il etait fort obligeant, fort officieux ; et comme il se connaissait fort bien en etoffes, il en allait choisir de tous les cotes, les faisait apporter chez lui, et en donnait a ses amis pour de 1'argent.
Seite 46 - Sir Adam introduced the ancient Greeks and Romans. JOHNSON, " Sir, the mass of both of them were barbarians. The mass of every people must be barbarous where there is no printing, and consequently knowledge is not generally diffused. Knowledge is diffused among our people by the newspapers.
Seite 344 - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Seite 376 - ... the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable.