Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third: 1788-1799Hurst and Blackett, 1853 - Всего страниц: 452 |
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... received from Pitt last night on his return from Windsor . I have seen him this morning ; and understand that Warren said one thing which is still more favourable . He told him that a more rapid amendment would , in his opinion , have ...
... received from Pitt last night on his return from Windsor . I have seen him this morning ; and understand that Warren said one thing which is still more favourable . He told him that a more rapid amendment would , in his opinion , have ...
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... received the communication with civility , and told him he was persuaded no opposition could be made to this . It is , I think , plain , from Pitt's account of his general behaviour , and from what one hears , that my conjecture is ...
... received the communication with civility , and told him he was persuaded no opposition could be made to this . It is , I think , plain , from Pitt's account of his general behaviour , and from what one hears , that my conjecture is ...
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... received last night are more favour- able than any which have yet been sent . They stated particu- larly , that during the whole course of yesterday the King was more composed , and with less incoherency in his conversation , than he ...
... received last night are more favour- able than any which have yet been sent . They stated particu- larly , that during the whole course of yesterday the King was more composed , and with less incoherency in his conversation , than he ...
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... received , to find the King dead . Ever most affectionately yours , W. W. G. MR . W. W. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM . MY DEAR BROTHER , Whitehall , Nov. 26th , 1788 . I sit down to write a few words , because I know it is a ...
... received , to find the King dead . Ever most affectionately yours , W. W. G. MR . W. W. GRENVILLE TO THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM . MY DEAR BROTHER , Whitehall , Nov. 26th , 1788 . I sit down to write a few words , because I know it is a ...
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... received your letter of the 23rd , by the messenger only this morning , and have sent the enclosed , which , as you will have seen , exactly tallies with the ideas which I have stated to you in some of my letters . I shall write to you ...
... received your letter of the 23rd , by the messenger only this morning , and have sent the enclosed , which , as you will have seen , exactly tallies with the ideas which I have stated to you in some of my letters . I shall write to you ...
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Address affectionately answer appears appointment army Austrian believe Cabinet certainly Chancellor circumstances conduct consequence consider consideration DEAR BROTHER DEAR LORD DEAREST BROTHER desire difficulty doubt Dropmore Duke of Portland Duke of York Dundas effect England event expect express favourable fear feel force France French friends give Government ground hear honour hope House of Commons House of Lords idea Ireland Irish James's Square King King's letter Lord Buckingham Lord Cornwallis Lord Fitzwilliam LORD GRENVILLE Lord Hobart Lord-Lieutenant Lordship Majesty MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM means measure ment Militia mind Ministers morning negotiation object opinion Parliament party persons Pitt Pitt's present Prince of Wales probably proposed Prussia question reason received recovery Regent respect sanguine seems sent situation sure thing THOMAS GRENVILLE thought to-day trust W. W. GRENVILLE Whitehall whole wish write yesterday
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Стр. 126 - Armstead's, in Park Street, in hopes of finding Fox there, to give him an account of what had passed. He not being in town, they amused themselves yesterday evening with spreading about a report that the king was still out of his mind, and in quoting phrases of his, to which they gave that turn.
Стр. 98 - go on in their usual style, both keeping open houses, and employing every means in their power to gain proselytes ; attending the Beefsteak Club, Freemason's meetings, &c The Duke of York never misses a night at Brookes', where the hawks pluck his feathers unmercifully, and have reduced him to the vowels I 0 U.
Стр. 126 - ... him an account of what had passed. He not being in town, they amused themselves yesterday evening with spreading about a report that the king was still out of his mind, and in quoting phrases of his, to which they gave that turn. It is certainly a decent and becoming thing that, when all the king's physicians, all his attendants, and his two principal ministers agree in pronouncing him well, his two sons should deny it.
Стр. 96 - Pitt, informing his royal highness of the plan meant to be pursued : that the care of the king's person and the disposition of the royal household should be committed to the queen...
Стр. 122 - They seemed satisfied,' he added. Lord Bulkeley writes, ' Lord Winchelsea, who was at Kew the whole time, told me that, when they came out, they told Colonel Digby that they were delighted with the King's being so well, and remarked that two things in the half-hour's conference which they had with him had struck them very forcibly; that he had observed to them how much better he played at piquet than Mr. Charles Hawkins, and that, since he had been ill, he had rubbed up all his Latin ; and these...
Стр. 303 - Grenville's view of the war, when it had been once begun, is expressed in a letter of September 17th, 1794 : — ' I have no other view of the contest in which we are engaged, nor ever have had, than that the existence of the two systems of Government is fairly at stake, and in the words of St. Just (whose curious speech I hope you have seen), that it is perfect blindness not to see that in the establishment of the French Republic is included the overthrow of all the other governments of Europe.
Стр. 224 - I have contributed to keep my own country at least a little longer from sharing in all the evils of every sort that surround us. I am more and more convinced that this can only be done by keeping wholly and entirely aloof, and by watching much at home, but doing very little indeed; endeavouring to nurse up in the country a real determination to stand by the Constitution when it is attacked, as it most infallibly will be if these things go on ; and, above all, trying to make the situation of the lower...
Стр. 56 - After this recantation was over, the day was closed by such a blunder of Sheridan's as I never knew any man of the meanest talents guilty of before. During the whole time that I have sat in Parliament, in pretty warm times, I never remember such an uproar as was raised by his threatening us " with the danger " of provoking the Prince to assert his right," which were the exact words which he used.'f (Vol.
Стр. 159 - From congratulatory balls, at which she had announced her intention to be present, they kept away all persons over whom they had any influence ; and at a ball given by the French ambassador on the 30th May, the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of York and Clarence would neither dance nor remain to supper, lest they should have the appearance of paying the smallest attention to her Majesty, who was present.
Стр. 71 - ... party more open than ever speaker did. He is folly personified, but shaking his cap and bells under the laurel of genius. He finished his wild speech in a manner next to madness.