The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King William IV.Longmans, Green, and Company, 1874 - Great Britain |
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... conduct and their lives to the judgment of their contemporaries and of posterity , and this is especially true of those who fill the most exalted stations in society . Every act , almost every thought , which is brought home to them ...
... conduct and their lives to the judgment of their contemporaries and of posterity , and this is especially true of those who fill the most exalted stations in society . Every act , almost every thought , which is brought home to them ...
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... Conduct - The coming Session - Moore's ' Life of Byron ' -Character of Byron - Opening of Parliament - The Fire King - The Duke of Wel- lington's Speaking - The English Opera House burnt down - Lord Thurlow on Kenyon and Buller - Old ...
... Conduct - The coming Session - Moore's ' Life of Byron ' -Character of Byron - Opening of Parliament - The Fire King - The Duke of Wel- lington's Speaking - The English Opera House burnt down - Lord Thurlow on Kenyon and Buller - Old ...
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... conduct had been so good towards them , they were very anxious to put him in some more considerable office . February 3rd . - I went with Bouverie to Newmarket on Monday to look at the horses . On Wednesday I came to town and went on to ...
... conduct had been so good towards them , they were very anxious to put him in some more considerable office . February 3rd . - I went with Bouverie to Newmarket on Monday to look at the horses . On Wednesday I came to town and went on to ...
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... conduct to him , for she lived with him as little as possible , because she could not bear the ennui of Coppet.1 February 9th . - The Opposition are in a state of the highest exultation on account of the division in the House of Commons ...
... conduct to him , for she lived with him as little as possible , because she could not bear the ennui of Coppet.1 February 9th . - The Opposition are in a state of the highest exultation on account of the division in the House of Commons ...
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... conduct of every individual . Yet either by an extraordinary accident or by the influence of party spirit we beheld all the Peers on the Ministerial side of the House declaring Lord Melville innocent , and all those of the Opposition ...
... conduct of every individual . Yet either by an extraordinary accident or by the influence of party spirit we beheld all the Peers on the Ministerial side of the House declaring Lord Melville innocent , and all those of the Opposition ...
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Page 339 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant ; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Page 405 - Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn; Eesembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 185 - SIR, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not perceive your name.
Page 330 - In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much; With equal advantage the French are content: So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent.
Page 47 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 419 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 39 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 297 - ... with sadness gently weighing down Her trembling expectations, but no more Than did to her due honour, and to me Yielded, that day, a confidence sublime In what I had to build upon) — this Bride, Young, modest, meek, and beautiful, I led To a low cottage in a sunny bay, Where the salt sea innocuously breaks, And the sea breeze as innocently breathes...
Page 45 - Walmer, the King has never forgiven your opposition to his wishes in the case of Mr. Sumner. This feeling has influenced every action of his life in relation to his government from that moment ; and I believe to more than one of us he avowed that his objection to Mr. Canning was that his accession to the government was peculiarly desirable to you. Nothing can be more unjust, or more unfair, than this feeling ; and as there is not one of your colleagues who did not highly approve of what you did respecting...
Page 292 - And barren salt be sown on yon proud city. As on our olive-crowned hill we stand, Where Kedron at our feet its scanty waters Distils from stone to stone with gentle motion, As through a valley sacred to sweet peace, How boldly doth it front us ! how majestically ! Like a luxurious vineyard, the hill-side Is hung with marble fabrics, line o'er line, Terrace o'er terrace, nearer still and nearer To the blue heavens.