The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1795 |
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... royal family , a French connection , per- haps necessary , from the circum . stances of the time , and afterwards a certain negligence of all affairs but those of our domestic polity , suf . fered this important point to vanish almost ...
... royal family , a French connection , per- haps necessary , from the circum . stances of the time , and afterwards a certain negligence of all affairs but those of our domestic polity , suf . fered this important point to vanish almost ...
Side 14
... of Prussia be- lieved they had a fair opportunity to reduce him , and when those who feared the house of Austria , were by that very fear obliged to sup by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland : this 14 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1758 .
... of Prussia be- lieved they had a fair opportunity to reduce him , and when those who feared the house of Austria , were by that very fear obliged to sup by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland : this 14 ANNUAL REGISTER , 1758 .
Side 16
... Royal Highness , on the other hand , displayed great abi- lities in throwing all possible impe- diments in his way . But when these impediments were removed by the superiority of numbers , the Hano- verian army gradually gave way ...
... Royal Highness , on the other hand , displayed great abi- lities in throwing all possible impe- diments in his way . But when these impediments were removed by the superiority of numbers , the Hano- verian army gradually gave way ...
Side 19
... Royal Highness was driven into a sort of cul de sac . Unable by his situation to retire , or by his strength to advance , he was compelled to sign the remark . Sept. 8.able capitulation of Closter- Sept. seven , by which 38,000 Hanove ...
... Royal Highness was driven into a sort of cul de sac . Unable by his situation to retire , or by his strength to advance , he was compelled to sign the remark . Sept. 8.able capitulation of Closter- Sept. seven , by which 38,000 Hanove ...
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... royal re- sidence , if he should be driven to it . When the magistrates were ap- prized of this resolution , they fell at the feet of Count Schmettau , and implored him to change his mind , and to have mercy on that devoted part of ...
... royal re- sidence , if he should be driven to it . When the magistrates were ap- prized of this resolution , they fell at the feet of Count Schmettau , and implored him to change his mind , and to have mercy on that devoted part of ...
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Side 325 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Side 262 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Side 262 - Taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison.
Side 261 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold and jewels.
Side 262 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Side 261 - English fashion, strewed with hay, through which the Queen commonly passes on her way to chapel. At the door stood a gentleman dressed in velvet, with a gold chain, whose office was to introduce to the Queen any person of distinction that came to wait on her ; it was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility. In the same hall were the Archbishop of Canterbury...
Side 261 - First went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the garter, all richly dressed and bare-headed: next came the chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse between two; one of which carried the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards...
Side 261 - Manner of speaking mild and obliging. That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very...
Side 412 - Oh, let me listen to the words of life ! Raptures deep-felt His doctrine did impart, 'And thus He rais'd from earth the drooping heart. Think not, when all your scanty stores afford Is spread at once upon the sparing board ; Think not, when worn the homely robe appears, While on the roof, the howling tempest bears; What farther shall this feeble life sustain, And what shall clothe these shiv'ring limbs again. Say, does not life its nourishment exceed? And the fair body its investing weed? Behold...
Side 280 - He laid himself down to die ; and his death, I believe, was very sudden ; for he was a short, full, sanguine man. His strength was great ; and, I imagine, had he not retired with me, I should never have been able to have forced my way.