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... George Cressiak , at that time commander in chief of the horse , and took him prisoner . The year after , on the recess of the Earl of Leicester , he was made general of the English auxiliary forces in the united provinces , and most ...
... George Cressiak , at that time commander in chief of the horse , and took him prisoner . The year after , on the recess of the Earl of Leicester , he was made general of the English auxiliary forces in the united provinces , and most ...
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... George , only son of Lord Berkeley , by whom he had an only daughter Arabella , married to Thomas Savage , Earl Rivers . And taking to his second wife Elizabeth , daughter to Philip , Lord Wharton , had by her five sons ; and by his ...
... George , only son of Lord Berkeley , by whom he had an only daughter Arabella , married to Thomas Savage , Earl Rivers . And taking to his second wife Elizabeth , daughter to Philip , Lord Wharton , had by her five sons ; and by his ...
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... George I. one of the lords justices of Great Britain , till his arrival from Hanover , when , on October 1st , 1714 , he was sworn of his privy - council , and in the same month made Lord Lieutenant u and Custos Rotulorum for the county ...
... George I. one of the lords justices of Great Britain , till his arrival from Hanover , when , on October 1st , 1714 , he was sworn of his privy - council , and in the same month made Lord Lieutenant u and Custos Rotulorum for the county ...
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... George Dewar , Esq . and died at Brompton , Middlesex , June 13th , 1774. Her Grace departed this life at Grimsthorpe , on Thursday , August 26th , 1736 ; and his Grace , surviving her , died on Ja- nuary 1st , 1741-2 , to whom ...
... George Dewar , Esq . and died at Brompton , Middlesex , June 13th , 1774. Her Grace departed this life at Grimsthorpe , on Thursday , August 26th , 1736 ; and his Grace , surviving her , died on Ja- nuary 1st , 1741-2 , to whom ...
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... George Morton Pitt , of Twickenham in Middlesex , Esq . but she died in April 1763 , and he married , secondly , at St. James's church , Westminster , January 2d , 1769 , to Mary Anne , youngest daughter of the late major Layard , and ...
... George Morton Pitt , of Twickenham in Middlesex , Esq . but she died in April 1763 , and he married , secondly , at St. James's church , Westminster , January 2d , 1769 , to Mary Anne , youngest daughter of the late major Layard , and ...
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Page 417 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 475 - In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit; and (where his passions were not concernedl of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating a judgment.
Page 464 - Commonwealth man, and was one of the knights of the shire for the county of Northampton, in 1656 ; he was also of Cromwell's council, chamberlain of the court, and high steward of Westminster.
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Page 416 - Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a , first-rate figure in this country. With a masculine understanding, and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business, not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy...
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Page 154 - ... concerning the terms whereon we should fight, as also the place. To our seconds we gave power for their appointments, who agreed we should go to Antwerp, from thence to Bergen-op-Zoom, where in the mid-way but a village divides the States' territories from the archduke's. And there was the destined stage, to the end that having ended, he that could, might presently exempt himself from the justice of the country, by retiring into the dominion not offended. It was...
Page 475 - He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation, and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.— And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious, or more earnest, than the pre-conceived opinions, and present temper of his hearers required ; to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed...
Page 475 - For failings he had undoubtedly - many of us remember them; we are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for Fame; a passion which is 1 There is an implicit contrast here with Burke's own parliamentary style and how Parliament sometimes received it. the instinct of all great souls.