An English Green Box, Or, The Green Box of the R---t H--------e E-----d L--d Churllow: Given by the Celebrated Mrs. Harvey to Roger O'Tickle ... with Occasional Remarks by the Editor : Dedicated to the Right Hon. Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord High Chancellor of England, &cG. Kearsly, 1779 - 102 pàgines |
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Pàgina 23
... Should any find their way to you through any other channel , or mode of conveyance , you are to confider them , as fpurious : our enemies are fubtle , and adepts in the arts of low low deception , and it behoves us to be clofe [ 23 ]
... Should any find their way to you through any other channel , or mode of conveyance , you are to confider them , as fpurious : our enemies are fubtle , and adepts in the arts of low low deception , and it behoves us to be clofe [ 23 ]
Pàgina 53
... confider the " minifter only as my hoft or landlord ; " I have stuck to him because I have found " his liquors good ; but if my friends will 66 name any other houfe where the claret is better , I am ready to accompany them , " and to ...
... confider the " minifter only as my hoft or landlord ; " I have stuck to him because I have found " his liquors good ; but if my friends will 66 name any other houfe where the claret is better , I am ready to accompany them , " and to ...
Pàgina 74
... confider- ably overpaid by the emoluments of the fe- veral places his Lordship is fuffered to hold . That the faid remonftrance is to the last degree ungrateful , prefumptuous , arrogant , and infulting . That it is become highly ...
... confider- ably overpaid by the emoluments of the fe- veral places his Lordship is fuffered to hold . That the faid remonftrance is to the last degree ungrateful , prefumptuous , arrogant , and infulting . That it is become highly ...
Pàgina 97
... confider himself as born only for the good of his people . In my public capacity I for- got my relations and friends , and knew none but the friends of my country . I feared no- thing but my confcience ; and aimed at no- thing but the ...
... confider himself as born only for the good of his people . In my public capacity I for- got my relations and friends , and knew none but the friends of my country . I feared no- thing but my confcience ; and aimed at no- thing but the ...
Pàgina 67
... confider ourfelves as creatures of a political relation and importance , till it is the intereft of the ftate to portion us into exile - But is the Queen to be still more infignificant than the Princess ? Is the policy of her marriage ...
... confider ourfelves as creatures of a political relation and importance , till it is the intereft of the ftate to portion us into exile - But is the Queen to be still more infignificant than the Princess ? Is the policy of her marriage ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R----t H----e E----d L----d ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R-t H--e E--d L-d Churllow ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
An English Green Box: Or, the Green Box of the R----t H----e E----d L----d ... Richard Tickell Visualització completa - 1779 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Admiral Admiral Keppel affiftance affure againſt ALPHEUS FELCH America becauſe beſt buſineſs confideration conftitution Congrefs dear deferve defire Duke Editor English expences faid fame fatire fcruple fecret fecretary fecure feemed fend fent fervice fhall fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome foon fpeech fpirit France ftate fubject fuch fupport fword gentleman GREEN BOX himſelf Houfe Houſe impoffible infult intereſt juftice juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty Lord Churllow Lord Granby Lord Shelburne Lordship Majefty meaſures ment minifters moft Monfieur MONSIEUR DE SARTINE moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary noble obferve occafion oppofition PAPER perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible politics Pondicherry prefent prefs promife publiſh reafon refpect reft Right Ho Right Honourable Salic law Sanctum Sanctorum ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhort Silas Deane Sir T. M. ſtate Supreme Divan thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Twitcher uſe Whigs whofe wiſdom
Passatges populars
Pàgina 90 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Pàgina 82 - I fay this, I think every man of wit has a right to laugh at fools, who give offence, or at coxcombs, who are public nufances.
Pàgina 81 - Not to be credited when he mall tell the " truth." . The character of a liar is at once fo hateful and contemptible, that even of thofe who have loft their virtue it might be expected that from the violation of truth thc.y fliould be reftrained by their pride.
Pàgina 91 - The great, th' important day Big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Again, Who knows not this, but what can Cato do Againft a world, a bafe degenerate world, That courts the yoke, and bows the neck to Car far ?" Pent up in Utica, he vainly forms A poor epitome of Roman greatnefj. This is the very echo of the couplet meafure.
Pàgina 80 - ... the creation of mankind. It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us, the riots of the licentious, or the outrages of the profligate ; but it is the absence of that integrity, the neglect of that virtue, the contempt of that honour, which by connecting individuals formed society, and without which society can no longer subsist.
Pàgina 88 - Ofe me dementir, dis-moi ce que tu vaux, Conte -moi tes vertus, tes glorieux travaux, Les rares qualités par où tu m'as dû plaire, Et tout ce qui t'éleve au-defïus du vulgaire. Ma faveur fait ta gloire, & ton pouvoir en vient f , Elle feule t...
Pàgina 88 - C'est elle qu'on adore, et non pas ta personne ; Tu n'as crédit ni rang qu'autant qu'elle t'en donne ; Et pour te faire choir je n'aurais aujourd'hui Qu'à retirer la main qui seule est ton appui.
Pàgina 53 - My religion is satyrised in Italian — my politics in Spanish and Dutch — I hear Washington ridiculed in Russian, and myself in all the jargon of Germany — I cannot bear it — Make Europe civil to America, or I'll follow Silas Deane.
Pàgina 1 - Lodgings. From the French of the Hague edition. Revised and corrected by those of Leipsic and Amsterdam.
Pàgina 94 - The professed wit, either in life or on the stage is usually severe and satirical. But mirth is the source of Falstaff s wit.