 | William Belsham - 1798 - 754 páginas
...the council or at the treasury at all, and very seldom in the house of commons. We who are reported to be in his intimacy have few opportunities of seeing...stagnation till he is pleased to open himself, and set the water flowing." In a following letter he declares the treasurer " to be wanting in that grace and openness... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1799 - 648 páginas
...that crisis of domestic affuirs ? We are now in a state not very unlike to that which we were then in. Mr. Harley, since his recovery, has not appeared at...stagnation till he is pleased to open himself, and 8<t the water flowing.' In another letter to this Nobleman, written in the same year, he speaks of... | |
 | 1799 - 616 páginas
...of seeinghim, and none of talking freely with him. As he is the only true channel through which t he Queen's pleasure is conveyed; so there is, and must...stagnation till he is pleased to open himself, and set the water flowing.' In another letter to this Nobleman, written in the same year, he speaks of Hurley with... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount), Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 486 páginas
...very, has not appeared at the council, or at the treasury at all, and very seldom in. the house o£ commons. We, who are reputed to be in his intimacy,...stagnation, till he is pleased to open* himself, and set the water flowing." In a letter to, to the same, dated June 12th, after mentioning. Harley's promotion,... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 546 páginas
...him, and none of talking freely with him. As he i» the only true channel through which the QiieeuV pleasure is conveyed ; so there is, and must be a perfect stagnation, till he is pleased to opeu. himself, and set the wafer flowing," In a.letter to the same, dated June 12th, after mentioning... | |
 | William Coxe - 1819 - 734 páginas
...public business. He thus expresses his complaints in a confidential letter to the earl of Orrery : " Mr. Harley, since his recovery, has not appeared at...stagnation, till he is pleased to open himself, and set the water flowing."* ' The new treasurer had now developed all his designs, and the public having no longer... | |
 | William Coxe - 1820 - 486 páginas
...house of commons. We, who are reputed to be in his intimacy, have few opportunities of seeing him, arid none of talking freely with him. As he is the only...stagnation, till he is pleased to open himself, and set the water flowing." * The new treasurer had now developed all his designs, and the public having no longer... | |
 | John Russell (1st earl.) - 1826 - 700 páginas
...this time they were never cordial * Swift's Letters, 1711. Bolingbroke's correspondence, May 18, 1711. "We who are reputed to be in his intimacy have few...must be a perfect stagnation till he is pleased to •pen himself and set the water flowing." •f" Swift's Enquiry. Bolingbroke in his letter to Wyndham,... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1826 - 360 páginas
...is the only true channel, through which the Queen's pleasure is conveyed ; so there is and must he a perfect stagnation till he is pleased to open himself and set the water flowing." t Swift's Enquiry. Bolinghroke in his letter to Wyndhain, says, " I was dragged into... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1836 - 672 páginas
...with him. As he is " the only true channel through which the Queen's " pleasure is conveyed to us, there is and must be " a perfect stagnation, till he is pleased to open " himself, and set the water flowing." The feuds between the two ministers were frequently composed, more especially by Swift,... | |
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We, who are reputed to be in. his intimacy, have few opportunities of seeing him, and none of talking freely with him. As he is the only true channel through which the Queen's pleasure is conveyed, so there is, and must be, a perfect stagnation till he... 
