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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
ter, i. 248. The paper, here referred to, mixes error with much that is confirmed from more trustworthy sources. With Pelham's concurrence, the Board of Trade Walpole's Memoirs of George II. Letter of Wm. Bollan, of Charles, the New York Agent of the Proprietary of Pennsylvania. on the eighth day of March, 1753, announced to d. Nor did public opinion in Great Britain favor the instructions. Charles Townshend was, indeed, ever ready to defend them to the last; but to the younger Horace Walpole chap. IV.} 1753. they seemed better calculated for the latitude of Mexico and for a Spanish tribunal, than for free, rich British settlements, in such opulenlpole chap. IV.} 1753. they seemed better calculated for the latitude of Mexico and for a Spanish tribunal, than for free, rich British settlements, in such opulence and haughtiness, that suspicions had long been conceived of their meditating to throw off their dependence on the mother country. Walpole's Memoires of George II.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
754. to carry it? I hope words alone will not prevail; Walpole's Memoirs of George II. i. 355. and the majority came to ing what active measures to propose, sought information Walpole's Memoires of George the Second. of Horatio Gates, a youngve no capacity for these things. Dodington's Diary. Horace Walpole, the elder, advised energetic measures to regain the lame de Pompadour and the Duke de Mirepoix, Newcastle to Walpole, 20 Oct., 1754. Walpole's Memoires, i. 347. Compare FlasWalpole's Memoires, i. 347. Compare Flassan: Hist. de la Diplomatie Francaise. the direction and conduct of American affairs was left entirely to the Duke of Cumberression of the minutest precept of the military rubric. Walpole's Memoires of Geo. II., i., 86. In Scotland, in 1746, his xpert in the niceties of a review; harsh in discipline. Walpole's Memoires of Geo. II., i., 390, confirmed by many letters its terrible severity. Calvert to Lieut. Gov. Sharpe. Walpole's Memoires, i., 365. Egmont interceded to protect America
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
e cavalry asked Lord George. I, said the brave boy, and led the way. Lord George, pretending to be puzzled, was reminded by Smith, one of his aids, of the necessity of immediate obedience; on which, he sent Smith to lead on the British cavalry, while he himself rode to the Prince for explanation. Ferdinand, in scorn, renewed his orders to the Marquis of Granby, the second in command, and was obeyed with alacrity; but the decisive moment was lost. Lord George's fall was prodigious, said Horace Walpole; nobody stood higher; nobody had more ambition or more sense. Pitt softened his misfortune with all the offices of humanity, but condemned his conduct. George the Second dismissed him from all his posts. A courtmartial, the next year, found him guilty of disobeying orders, and unfit for employment in any military capacity; on which, the king struck his name out of the council-book and forbade his appearance at court. The ability of Sackville had been greatly overrated. He was restle
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
groom at Kew; I forbid you to say the contrary; and he went directly to Carleton House, the residence of his mother. Walpole's George III. i. 6. The first person whom he sent for was Newcastle; who came in a great hurry as soon as he could pucke, III. 215. he discerned what was plotting; and after vainly seeking to inspire Newcastle with truth and firmness, Walpole's Memoirs of George III., i. 10. he insisted that the address should be amended; that chap. XVII.} 1760. Oct. it was fted Pitt's friendship, Adolphus: Hist. of England, i. 11. not to the Privy Council only, but also to the cabinet. Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of King George III., i. 8, and Sir Denis Le Marchant's Note. On the last day of October, the ng, disposed to do all in his power to make his subjects happy, but is undoubtedly of a disposition truly religious. Horace Walpole echoed the praises of his grace, dignity, and good-nature; expressed his admiration in courtly verses, and began a fr