The British Parliament ... The pearls and mock pearls of history. Vicissitudes of families ... England and France ... Lady Palmerston. Lord Lansdowne. Lord Dalling and Bulwer. Whist and whist-playersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1878 |
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... amongst the legislative assemblies of both hemispheres - without evoking scene after scene , or crisis upon crisis , in which its independent existence was rudely threatened by high - handed prerogative from without , or its character ...
... amongst the legislative assemblies of both hemispheres - without evoking scene after scene , or crisis upon crisis , in which its independent existence was rudely threatened by high - handed prerogative from without , or its character ...
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... amongst the peerage . Only twenty - nine temporal peers were summoned to the first Parliament of Henry VII . They numbered 59 at the death of Elizabeth , 139 the year after the Restoration , 168 at the death of Queen Anne , exclusive of ...
... amongst the peerage . Only twenty - nine temporal peers were summoned to the first Parliament of Henry VII . They numbered 59 at the death of Elizabeth , 139 the year after the Restoration , 168 at the death of Queen Anne , exclusive of ...
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... amongst the Peers : tell me who is to lead the House of Commons . ' * There arose no such difficulty in 1754. Thanks to the ducal distribution of the secret - service money and the patronage , the equivalent to the jack - boot got ...
... amongst the Peers : tell me who is to lead the House of Commons . ' * There arose no such difficulty in 1754. Thanks to the ducal distribution of the secret - service money and the patronage , the equivalent to the jack - boot got ...
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... amongst them must be ranked the prone- ness to be swayed by eloquence , and the abundant supply of it , off the best quality , at all times . In Eng- land the oratorical ages , instead of being separated by long intervals like the ...
... amongst them must be ranked the prone- ness to be swayed by eloquence , and the abundant supply of it , off the best quality , at all times . In Eng- land the oratorical ages , instead of being separated by long intervals like the ...
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... ; they are the highest court of judicature ; they have their part in judging and determining of the reasons for making new laws and abrogating old : from amongst them we take our great officers of State : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 37.
... ; they are the highest court of judicature ; they have their part in judging and determining of the reasons for making new laws and abrogating old : from amongst them we take our great officers of State : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 37.
Términos y frases comunes
amongst appears arms asked battle beautiful became become better called carried cause Charles Commons death debate descended Duke Earl Edition effect England English equally fact feel five force fortune four France French give given hand head Henry hold honour House instance John king Lady land late lead less living London look Lord married matter means mind nature never noble object once party pass person Pitt play player political present Prince queen reason received remain remark replied royal says speak speech story successful suit Taine taken tell things third thought tion told trick trumps turned unless whist whole writes young
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Página 103 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Página 4 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand...
Página 56 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Página 443 - Surrey hie; Tunstall lies dead upon the field, His life-blood stains the spotless shield: Edmund is down; my life is reft; The Admiral alone is left, Let Stanley charge with spur of fire—- With Chester charge, and Lancashire, Full upon Scotland's central host, Or victory and England's lost. Must I bid twice? hence, varlets! fly! Leave Marmion here alone — to die.
Página 57 - I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation: the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Página 279 - No one shall run on the Sabbath Day, or walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. ' No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath Day. ' No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or Fasting Day.
Página 100 - Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Página 70 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Página 440 - A CLEAR fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game." This was the celebrated wish of old Sarah Battle, (now with God,) who, next to her devotions, loved a good game at whist.
Página 101 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.