Memoirs of Lord Bolingbroke, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1836 |
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... thought hardly worthy of his notice . He never for- gave himself for having joined the Pretender at all ; and it was certainly a step unworthy of him . Upon his arrival in France , he had given his word to the Earl of Stair that he ...
... thought hardly worthy of his notice . He never for- gave himself for having joined the Pretender at all ; and it was certainly a step unworthy of him . Upon his arrival in France , he had given his word to the Earl of Stair that he ...
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... thought the direst that could befal a public man , to be obliged to defend himself against such accusations and against such ac- cusers ; to be forced to reflect that , by associating with so much knavery and so much folly , he had ...
... thought the direst that could befal a public man , to be obliged to defend himself against such accusations and against such ac- cusers ; to be forced to reflect that , by associating with so much knavery and so much folly , he had ...
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... thought that abroad he was a more dangerous enemy than he could be at home . It was determined , therefore , to attempt to detach him from the cause he had so imprudently espoused ; and full powers were sent to the Earl of Stair to ...
... thought that abroad he was a more dangerous enemy than he could be at home . It was determined , therefore , to attempt to detach him from the cause he had so imprudently espoused ; and full powers were sent to the Earl of Stair to ...
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... thought could be useful to the service of the monarch whose allegiance he had resumed , and to assist him with all the local knowledge which his sad experience had enabled him to acquire . It was his future services , however , which he ...
... thought could be useful to the service of the monarch whose allegiance he had resumed , and to assist him with all the local knowledge which his sad experience had enabled him to acquire . It was his future services , however , which he ...
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... thought , not without reason , that some such a sacrifice would be required of him . The ministers feared him abroad ; but they also fear- ed him at home . Could they extend to him a par- don upon terms which would ruin his reputation ...
... thought , not without reason , that some such a sacrifice would be required of him . The ministers feared him abroad ; but they also fear- ed him at home . Could they extend to him a par- don upon terms which would ruin his reputation ...
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Page 101 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or Garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 73 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.
Page 74 - Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you, that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for 200£ to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &c. and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
Page 275 - Yet if, as holiest men have deem'd, there be A land of souls beyond that sable shore, To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee And sophists, madly vain of dubious lore ; How sweet it were in concert to adore With those who made our mortal labours light ! To hear each voice we fear'd to hear no more ! Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight, The Bactrian, Samian sage, and all who taught the right ! IX.
Page 200 - ... employed, and must have had a thorough knowledge of his own state, and of the other states of Greece, of their dispositions, and of their interests relatively to one another, and relatively to their neighbours, to the Persians particularly, with whom he held a correspondence, not much to his honour...
Page 350 - ... no peace could be safe or honourable to Great Britain or Europe, if Spain and the West Indies should be allotted to any branch of the house of Bourbon.
Page 101 - A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield; The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 101 - Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield ! 10 The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar...
Page 168 - But there have been lawyers that were orators, philosophers, historians: there have been Bacons and Clarendons. There will be none such any more, till in some better age true ambition, or the love of fame, prevails over avarice; and till men find leisure and encouragement to prepare themselves for the exercise of this profession, by climbing up to the vantage ground...
Page 159 - ... all his might and all his art, to destroy the fountain from whence that mercy flowed. In that country, suppose him continually contracting friendships and familiarities with the ambassadors of those Princes who, at the time, happen to be most at enmity with his own ; and if, at any time, it should happen to be for the interest of any of those foreign ministers to have a secret...