The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis:: From March 8, 1749, to February 6, 1761; with an Appendix, Containing Some Curious and Interesting Papers, which are Either Referred To, Or Alluded To, in the Diary. Published from His Lordship's Original ManuscriptsWhittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1829 - 279 páginas |
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Página 135 - Soon after came in the Prince of Wales and Prince Edward, and then the Lady Augusta, all in an undress, and took their stools and sat round the fire with us. We continued talking of familiar occurrences till between ten and eleven, with the ease, unreservedness, and unconstraint, as if one had dropped into a sister's house, that had a family, to pass the evening. It is much to be wished that the Princes conversed familiarly with more people of a certain knowledge of the world.
Página 193 - Newcastle agreed to treaties giving subsidies to various German states and even to Russia, in return for promises to find troops for the defence of Hanover. Against this system Pitt openly declared himself. " I think," he said, " regard ought to be had to Hanover, if it should be attacked on our account; but we could not find money to defend it by subsidies, and if we could that is not the way to defend it.
Página 192 - ... twas better to speak plain, there was no end of these things : it was deceiving and ruining ourselves, and leading Hanover into a snare ; for if 70,000 men would not be sufficient, we must take more till they were sufficient, which would ruin us, or we must give them up at last, when we had drawn a war upon them : that the duke of Newcastle had made a person write to him (Pitt) to say, that the duke was sorry that he was obliged to go into Sussex the next day, but that the chancellor did not...
Página 114 - She said, if they talked of the king, she was out of patience, it was as if they should tell her, that her little Harry below would not do what was proper for him; that just so, the king would sputter and make a bustle, but when they told him that it must be done from the necessity of the service, he must do it, as little Harry must, when she came down.
Página 195 - must be men of efficiency and authority in the " House, a Secretary and a Chancellor of the " Exchequer at least, who should have access to " the Crown, habitual, frequent, familiar access, I " mean, that they may tell their own story, to do " themselves and their friends justice, and not be
Página 6 - ... diffident of the motives of either, and the country gentlemen in particular may learn from it that they have as much to dread from those who are in pursuit of power as from those in actual possession of it ; from those who are hopefully working in the cold climate of disappointment, as from those who are luxuriously basking in the sunshine of enjoyment.
Página 197 - Harrington, was to take it out ; that by these means Mr Fox had taken the smooth part, and had left him to be fallen upon ; Fox had risen upon his shoulders, but he did not blame him ; and he only showed me how impossible it was for two to act together, who did not stand upon the same ground. Besides this, Mr Fox lived with his greatest enemies, lord Granville, Messrs Stone and Murray. Mr Fox was reported by the duke of Newcastle, that he had lately offered himself to the duke — I here interrupted...
Página 97 - ... there must be some disturbance arise from the Pitt party; that, though they were so well placed, they were still uneasy ; that they neither liked others, nor were liked by them. I said, I could not conceive that they would stir. He said, Yes ; for that Pitt's passion was ambition, not avarice — that he was at a full stop as things were, and could have no hopes of going farther; he was once popular; and if he could again make a disturbance and get the country on his side, he then might have...
Página 150 - Came on the election, which I lost by the injustice of the returning officer. The numbers were, for lord Egmont 119, for Mr Balch 114, for me 105. Of my good votes, 15 were rejected; 8 bad votes for lord Egmont were received.
Página 268 - ... it being notorious, that books inculcating the worst maxims of government, and defending the most avowed tyrannies, have been put into the hands of the prince of Wales...