George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1843 - Politicians "George Augustus Selwyn (11 August 1719?25 January 1791, age 71) was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of Great Britain. Selwyn spent 44 years in the House of Commons without being recorded as making a speech. He put his electoral interest, as the person who controlled both seats in Ludgershall and one in Gloucester, at the disposal of the King's ministers (whoever they might be), because he was financially dependent on obtaining (a total of three) sinecure offices and a pension, which offset his expenses of bribing the electorate, and his gambling debts."--Wikipedia. |
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... ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS , " AND " THE COURT OF ENGLAND UNDER THE HOUSES OF NASSAU AND HANOVER . " VOL . II . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty . 1843 . LONDON ...
... ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS , " AND " THE COURT OF ENGLAND UNDER THE HOUSES OF NASSAU AND HANOVER . " VOL . II . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty . 1843 . LONDON ...
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... he always desired to see . In vain they recalled to * Social Life in England and France . his recollection how recently they had left him , and B 2 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE . 3 and from the debt of gratitude which we Owe ...
... he always desired to see . In vain they recalled to * Social Life in England and France . his recollection how recently they had left him , and B 2 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE . 3 and from the debt of gratitude which we Owe ...
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... England , kill me . However , it is the country in the world to be sick and grow old in . The first step towards being in fashion is to lose an eye or a tooth . Young people I conclude there are , but where they exist I don't guess ...
... England , kill me . However , it is the country in the world to be sick and grow old in . The first step towards being in fashion is to lose an eye or a tooth . Young people I conclude there are , but where they exist I don't guess ...
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... a letter to George Montagu , speaks with the greatest enthusiasm of a visit which he subsequently paid to England . I recommend him to Mr. Williams as one Livry . 8 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE its blessings to you. I never pass it without ...
... a letter to George Montagu , speaks with the greatest enthusiasm of a visit which he subsequently paid to England . I recommend him to Mr. Williams as one Livry . 8 THE HON . HORACE WALPOLE its blessings to you. I never pass it without ...
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With Memoirs and Notes John Heneage Jesse. England . I recommend him to Mr. Williams as one of the properest and most amiable young men I ever knew . I beg your pardon , my dear sir , for this idle letter ; yet don't let it lie in your ...
With Memoirs and Notes John Heneage Jesse. England . I recommend him to Mr. Williams as one of the properest and most amiable young men I ever knew . I beg your pardon , my dear sir , for this idle letter ; yet don't let it lie in your ...
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Adieu affectionately afterwards agreeable antè arrived Beauclerk Bedford believe Bolingbroke brother Bunbury CARLISLE TO GEORGE celebrated CHARLES JAMES FOX compliments daughter DEAR GEORGE DEAR SELWYN DEAR SIR desire died dine Duchess Duke of Grafton EARL OF CARLISLE EARL OF MARCH England French GEORGE SELWYN George the Third GILLY WILLIAMS give glad Gloucester hear HOLLAND TO GEORGE honour hope Horace Walpole John King Lady Holland Lady Sarah letter live London Lord Byron Lord Carlisle Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord March Madame du Deffand Madame Geoffrin MARCH TO GEORGE Marquis married Matson morning Naples never Newmarket Northumberland obliged Opera Paris Parliament person Pitt pleasure Pray received Rena Royal Highness soon sorry spirits stay sure tell thing to-day to-morrow told town Townshend Turin Viscount White's WILLIAMS TO GEORGE wish write wrote yesterday Zamperini
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Page 300 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 300 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns ! SHELLEY.
Page 294 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Page 38 - Blends, in exception to all general rules, Your taste of follies with our scorn of fools ; Reserve with frankness, art with truth allied, Courage with softness, modesty with pride ; Fix'd principles, with fancy ever new : Shakes all together, and produces — you.
Page 220 - But hark, the voice of battle shouts from far, The Jews and Maccaronis are at war: The Jews prevail, and, thundering from the stocks, They seize, they bind, they circumcise Charles Fox.
Page 294 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day ! — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay.
Page 384 - I am, sir, with the greatest respect, Your most obedient humble servant, W.
Page 219 - Mr Fox united, in a most remarkable degree, the seemingly repugnant characters of the mildest of men and the most vehement of orators.
Page 215 - How will my Fox, alone, thy strength of parts, Shake the loud senate, animate the hearts Of fearful statesmen ! while around you stand Both peers and commons listening your command ! While Tully's sense its weight to you affords, His nervous sweetness shall adorn your words. What praise to Pitt, to Townshend e'er was due, In future times, my Fox, shall wait on you.
Page 300 - A grove which springs through levelled battlements, And twines its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gladiators...