The Windham Papers: The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. William Windham, 1750-1810, a Member of Pitt's First Cabinet and the Ministry of "all the Talents", Including Hitherto Unpublished Letters from George III, the Dukes of York and Gloucester, Pitt, Fox, Burke, Canning ... Etc, Том 1Herbert Jenkins, 1913 |
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The Windham Papers: The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon ..., Том 1 William Windham Полный просмотр - 1913 |
The Windham Papers: The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon ..., Том 1 William Windham Полный просмотр - 1913 |
The Windham Papers: The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon ..., Том 1 William Windham Полный просмотр - 1913 |
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Стр. xii - Mr. Windham has been here to see me ; he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half, perhaps I make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of literature ; and there Windham is, inter Stellas* Luna minores.
Стр. 125 - Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands on the one part, and France on the other; and the duty and interest of the United States require that they should, with sincerity and good faith, adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers...
Стр. 136 - I cannot tell you how much I am obliged to you for your kindness in taking all this trouble off my hands, that I might follow up the agreeable introduction you have given me to Mr. Harcourt.
Стр. 125 - I have therefore thought fit by these presents to declare the disposition of the United States to observe the conduct aforesaid towards those Powers respectively; and to exhort and warn the citizens of the United States carefully to avoid all acts and proceedings whatsoever, which may in any manner tend to contravene such disposition.
Стр. 99 - ... remedy, but proceeding on a general speculation of benefits to arise from this or that mode of constituting a Parliament, what is there that is to put a stop to it, till we run the full career of all that the speculators of the present day may wish to drive us to ? We must not shut our eyes to the fact, that there is at this time a spirit very generally diffused, as it has been very wickedly excited, of changing the present constitution of things without any distinct view of what is to be substituted...
Стр. 95 - Never was there, I suppose, a work so valuable in its kind, or that displayed powers of so extraordinary a nature. It is a work that may seem capable of overturning the National Assembly, and turning the stream of opinion throughout Europe. One would think, that the author of such a work, would be called to the government of his country, by the combined voice of every man in it.
Стр. ix - Talk of taking Antwerp with thirty thousand men and twenty ships of the line by a coup de main! Good God, sir, you might as well talk of a coup de main in the • court of chancery ! " The wit lies in the hyperbole. Exaggeration is said by so good an authority as the late SS Cox to be the chief characteristic of American humor. It is illustrated by the patriotic geographer who said that America is " bounded on the north by the aurora borealis ; bounded on the east by the history...
Стр. 64 - ... he had taken even a small quantity of wine. I readily assented to any objections he might have to nourishment of that kind, and observing that milk was the only nourishment I intended, flattered myself that I had succeeded in my endeavours, when he recurred to his general refusal, and begged that there might be an end of it.
Стр. 64 - I had no difficulty of speaking to him thus of my apprehensions ; I could not help, on the other hand, entertaining hopes ; but with these I did not like to trouble him, lest he should conceive that I thought it necessary to flatter him. He answered hastily that he was sure I would not ; and proceeded to make a compliment to the manliness of my mind, which, whether deserved or not, ought to be remembered that it may be deserved. I then stated that among other neglects was the omission of introducing,...
Стр. 7 - There have been great disturbances amongst the boys here, and I am sorry that your son is accused of having a large concern in them. In order therefore to cover his retreat and to prevent a publick expulsion, which would probably be the consequence of his longer stay , I shall see him home to you tomorrow morning.