A Memoir of the Right Hon. William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley, with Selections from His Correspondence, Volume 1R. Bentley & Son, 1883 - Great Britain |
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MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HON WILLIA William Page Wood Baron Hatherley, 180,W. R. W. (William Richard Wood Stephens No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 34 - I have also reason to know that the conditions likely to be imposed by his Majesty, are, that the Queen is not to assume the style and title of Queen of England, or any title attached to the Royal Family of England. A condition is also to be attached to this grant, that she is not to reside in any part of the United Kingdom, or even to visit England. The consequence of such a visit will be an immediate message to Parliament, and an entire end to all compromise and negotiation.
Page 245 - That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name.
Page 35 - It is material that her majesty should know confidentially, that if she shall be so ill-advised as to come over to this country, there must then be an end to all negotiation and compromise. The decision, I may say, is taken to proceed against her as soon as she sets her foot on the British shore.
Page 171 - Sir Colin ! you are precisely the sort of person to do good by stealth, and ' blush to find it fame.'" " I have not gone near a cottage for seven years, except to light my cigar, Miss Fitz-Patrick ! but there was a curious incident that occurred to me in the village of Nettleton, which may enliven us while we stand here" " Stop, Sir Colin! we must investigate Matilda's story before you gain a hearing. One at...
Page 36 - An Act to deprive her Majesty Queen Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of the title, prerogatives, rights, privileges, and exemptions of Queen Consort of this realm, and to dissolve the marriage between his Majesty . and the said Caroline Amelia Elizabeth.
Page 8 - ... by shutting out strangers from the gallery of the House of Commons, ought to be censured, as an insidious and ill-timed attack upon the liberty of the press, as tending to aggravate the discontents of the people, and to render their representatives objects of jealous suspicion.
Page 266 - But cannot quit the cost, — no throne Is ours, to leave for thy dear sake, — We cannot do as thou hast done. We cannot part with heaven for Thee, — Yet guide us in thy track of love...
Page 53 - Leach ; the first brief 1 held before him was merely to ask for payment to executors of the small arrears of an annuity (a few pounds) when the principal sum was about to be paid out on the death of the annuitant to the parties entitled in remainder. This, at present, is a matter of course. Then in strictness, a separate petition, costing more than the money itself, was formally required. I simply asked, as instructed, that this might be dispensed with and the money paid. The answer from the bench...
Page 157 - Went to Coleridge's with Mr. and Mrs. Montagu and Irving in the evening. . . . We found a large party at Highgate, and Coleridge was very entertaining. He read us a fine passage from a manuscript on the foolish objection to theory and demand for facts. "Such men," he observed, are "preparing their souls for the office of turnspit at the next metempsychosis.
Page 35 - ... take these propositions into her most calm consideration, and not act with any hurry or precipitation on so important a subject. I hope that my advice will not be misinterpreted. I can have no possible interest which would induce me to give fallacious counsel to the queen. But let the event be what it may, I shall console myself with the reflection that I have performed a painful duty imposed upon me to the best of my judgment and conscience, and in a case in the decision of which the king, the...