The Public and Private Life of His Late...Majesty, George the Third: Embracing Its Most Memorable Incidents...and Tending to Illustrate the Causes, Progress, and Effects, of the Principal Political Events of His Glorious Reign. Comprising, Also, A...historical Memoir of the House of Brunswick...translated Expressly for this History, from the Celebrated Latin Work, Entitled Origines Guelphicae... |
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Page 17
... officers and ladies of her household , & c . Her highness crossed the water at Lambeth and was brought from Whitehall to St. James's House in the queen's chair , where a most nu- merous and splendid assemblage was ready to receive her ...
... officers and ladies of her household , & c . Her highness crossed the water at Lambeth and was brought from Whitehall to St. James's House in the queen's chair , where a most nu- merous and splendid assemblage was ready to receive her ...
Page 32
... officers of the city , and common council , in a grand cavalcade , consist- ing of eighty - four coaches , besides the lord mayor's , waited on their royal highnesses the prince and princess of Wales , at their house in St. James's ...
... officers of the city , and common council , in a grand cavalcade , consist- ing of eighty - four coaches , besides the lord mayor's , waited on their royal highnesses the prince and princess of Wales , at their house in St. James's ...
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... officers at the feet , the others seating themselves in the stalls on each side the chapel ; the bishop of Rochester , dean of Westminster , then read the first part of the burial service , after which the corpse was carried to the ...
... officers at the feet , the others seating themselves in the stalls on each side the chapel ; the bishop of Rochester , dean of Westminster , then read the first part of the burial service , after which the corpse was carried to the ...
Page 63
... officers of the crown , who , by virtue of their offices , are of the council , from such offices , without the consent of the majority of the whole council , or the address of parliament . XI . Vacancies by death , or removal , to be ...
... officers of the crown , who , by virtue of their offices , are of the council , from such offices , without the consent of the majority of the whole council , or the address of parliament . XI . Vacancies by death , or removal , to be ...
Page 67
... officers for the time being , such as the lord - lieutenant of Ireland , the commander - in - chief of the army , the governors of the plantations , and many others ; and , it was for her ease as well as for her safety that a council ...
... officers for the time being , such as the lord - lieutenant of Ireland , the commander - in - chief of the army , the governors of the plantations , and many others ; and , it was for her ease as well as for her safety that a council ...
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Page 428 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
Page 315 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will ; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Page 111 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 313 - Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well.
Page 203 - Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 77 - In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood ; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties ; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections; keeping inseparable, and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our states, our hearths, our sepulchres, and our altars.
Page 231 - We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to return your Majesty our humble thanks for your most gracious speech from the throne.
Page 200 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O Lord [' Holy Father], Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 77 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 532 - ... such as speak wrong. 15 I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 16 O tarry thou the LORD'S leisure ; be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart ; and put thou thy trust in the LORD.