Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Prime Minister 1710-1714: A Study of Politics and Letters in the Age of AnneMethuen & Company, 1902 - 256 pages |
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¹ Harley action Administration affairs age of Anne agreeable Allies appointed Arbuthnot became Bill Bolingbroke Brampton Brampton Bryan career character Church collection Court death desire Dissenters Duke Earl of Oxford Edward Harley Elector England English favour Foe's France friendship Godolphin Government Halifax Hanoverian Harley and Bolingbroke Harley Papers Harley's policy Herefordshire Hist honour hope House of Commons House of Lords Humphrey Wanley impeachment influence interest Jacobite John Bay July King Lady leader letter London Longleat Longleat MSS Lord Treasurer Lordship MARLBOROUGH AND HARLEY Masham ment Ministry moderate National Portrait Gallery negotiations never Nonconformists opinion opponents opposed Parl Parliament parliamentary passed peace peerage peers political politician position Pretender Queen reason regarded remarkable Robert Harley scheme Scotland Scriblerus South Sea sovereign statesman success Swift tion Tory party Treaty Treaty of Utrecht union Utrecht Wanley Whigs writes wrote
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Page 123 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery...
Page 200 - Scriblerus was to have ridiculed all the false tastes in learning, under the character of a man of capacity enough ; that had dipped into every art and science, but injudiciously in each.
Page 60 - A Review of the Affairs of France, and of all Europe, as influenced by that Nation...
Page 97 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money.
Page 169 - The wolf dwells with the lamb, and the leopard lies down with the kid...
Page 144 - I was resolved to stay till I could tell you the queen had got so far the better of the dragon as to take her power out of his hands. " He has been the most ungrateful man to her, and to all his best friends, that ever was born. " I cannot have so much time now to write all my mind, because my dear mistress is not well ; and I think I may lay her illness to the charge of the Treasurer, who, for three weeks together, was teasing and vexing her without intermission ! And she could not get rid of him...
Page 194 - John Gay. I'm no more to converse with the swains, But go where fine people resort : One can live without money on plains, But never without it at court. If, when with the swains I did gambol, I array'd me in silver and blue : When abroad, and in courts I shall ramble, Pray, my lord, how much money will do...
Page 26 - Let me conjure you to disappoint the only hopes of our enemies, by your unanimity : I have shown, and will always show, how desirous I am to be the common father of all my people ; do you, in like manner, lay aside parties and divisions ;. let there be no other distinction heard of among us for the future, but of those who are for the Protestant religion and the present establishment, and of those who mean a Popish prince and a French government.
Page 199 - The end of our Club is to advance conversation and friendship, and to reward deserving persons with our interest and recommendation. We take in none but men of wit or men of interest; and if we go on as we begin, no other Club in this town will be worth talking of.
Page 189 - He has the best skill in ancient hands and MSS. of any man not only of this, but, I believe, of any former age...