The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to February 6, 1761. With an Appendix, Containing Some Curious and Interesting Papers, which are Either Referred To, Or Alluded To, in the DiaryG. and T. Wilkie, 1785 - 504 páginas |
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Página 458 - ... but, bad as it was, yet it was so infinitely preferable to the other evil, that I would not only be for it, but would support and maintain it with all my strength ; and would engage that all my friends, not only those of the house of commons, but those of the house of lords, would be for it. He said, No, he thought the nation had done enough, if not too much for the family already : that he would rather beg his bread from door to door than be a further charge to them ; and that he would have...
Página 141 - ... such a one as might serve the king if he lived, and be steady to put the young king in the right way if the old one died: that he meant a thorough Whig parliament...
Página 356 - ... that he was not a wild, dissipated boy, but good-natured and cheerful with a serious cast ; upon the whole, that those about him knew him no more than if they had never seen him. That he was not quick, but, with those he was acquainted, applicable, and intelligent. .His education had given her much pain ; his...
Página 298 - ... said, that is a hard word, my lord, I do not absolutely say that. There may be, possibly, reasons that my real friendship for him might make me acquiesce in ; I will not say so hard a word at once ; the case will speak itself, but it must come to a positive issue — and now, my lord, I must resume the offer your grace made of going immediately to the king, to demand a categorical answer, whether he be determined, after all I have done and spent for his service (of which he now reaps the utility),...
Página x - But it may be worth considering whether my method, or the common one, is the less injurious to the character of an author ; and whether the reader may not be more inclined to overlook or pardon those errors which he is previously instructed to expect, than he would be, if every page contradicted...
Página 388 - ... and an apartment in the palaces of Kensington and St James's. The answer was full of high gratitude for the allowance, but declining the apartment, on account of the mortification it would be to his mother ; though it is well known that he does not live with her, either in town or country.
Página 110 - The procession began, and (except the lords appointed to hold the pall and attend the chief mourner, and those of his own domestics) when the attendants were called in their ranks, there was not one English lord, not one bishop, and only one Irish lord (Limerick), two sons of dukes (earl of...
Página 357 - She said, she did not know, unless it was to go before the prince upstairs; to walk with him sometimes, seldom to ride with him, and now and then to dine with him — but when they did walk together, the prince generally took that time to think of his own affairs and to say nothing.
Página 490 - Wales, and intrusted with the most important secrets of government, must tend to alarm and disgust the friends of the present royal family, and to encourage the hopes and attempts of the Jacobites...
Página 231 - This letter was written on the 9th of January ; it came to Newcastle the Friday following. Fawcett was much surprised, but the post going out in a few hours after its arrival, he immediately acknowledged the letter by a long, but not very explicit answer. This Friday happened to be the clubday of the neighbouring gentlemen at Newcastle.