Memoirs of King George the Third: His Life and Reign, Volum 5

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L. C. Page, 1902
 

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Pàgina 445 - O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime decree?
Pàgina 458 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Pàgina 122 - Ought I not to come forward in a moment of unexampled difficulty and danger ? Ought I not to share in the glory of victory, when I have every thing to lose by defeat ? The highest places in your Majesty's service are filled by the younger branches of the royal family ; to me alone no place is assigned ; I am not thought worthy to be even the junior major-general of your army.
Pàgina 114 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow!
Pàgina 287 - ... up at various hours in his eventful life by the arrival of news of various hues ; but that whether good or bad, he could always lay his head on his pillow and sink into sound sleep again. On this occasion, however, the great event announced brought with it so much to weep over, as well as to rejoice at, that he could not calm his thoughts, but at length got up, though it was three in the morning.
Pàgina 251 - I confess, Sir, and I am not ashamed to confess it, that whatever may be my deference to the House of Commons, and however anxious I may be to accede to their wishes, I certainly felt a deep and bitter pang in being compelled to be the instrument of rendering still more severe the punishment of the Noble Lord.
Pàgina 424 - Sir, — The Prince of Wales having assembled the whole of the male branches of the royal family, and having communicated to us the plan intended to be proposed by his Majesty's confidential servants, to the Lords and Commons, for the establishment of a restricted regency, should the continuance of his Majesty's ever-tobe-deplored illness render it necessary ; we feel it a duty we owe to his Majesty, to our country, and to ourselves, to enter our solemn protest against measures...
Pàgina 114 - TO THE MEN OF KENT. October, 1803. VANGUARD of Liberty, ye Men of Kent, Ye Children of a Soil that doth advance Its haughty brow against the coast of France, Now is the time to prove your hardiment ! To France be words of invitation sent ! They from their Fields can see the countenance Of your fierce war, may ken the glittering lance, And hear you shouting forth your brave intent. Left single, in bold parley...
Pàgina 29 - ... speeches hobble vilely, Or the House receives them drily, Cheer, oh, cheer him, Brother Bragge, Cheer, oh, cheer him, Brother Hiley. Each a gentleman at large, Lodged and fed at public charge, Paying (with a grace to charm ye), This the Fleet, and that the Army. Brother Bragge and Brother Hiley, Cheer him when he speaks so vilely ; Cheer him when his audience flag, Brother Hiley, Brother Bragge.
Pàgina 310 - The King appeared for a few moments to occupy himself with other things; looking up suddenly, he exclaimed, * Lay them down on the sofa, for I cannot and I will not take them from you. Yet I admit you can't stay when all the rest have run away.

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