United States or Kenya ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Neither, said Coningsby; 'I wish to see a people full of faith, and a government full of duty. 'Rely upon it, said Sidonia, 'that England should think more of the community and less of the government. 'But tell me, what do you understand by the term national character? 'A character is an assemblage of qualities; the character of England should be an assemblage of great qualities.
'But surely, said Sir Joseph, 'the Minister being responsible to Parliament, it must follow that all great offices of State should be filled at his discretion. 'But where do you find this principle of Ministerial responsibility? inquired Coningsby. 'And is not a Minister responsible to his Sovereign? inquired Millbank. Sir Joseph seemed a little confused.
On his way to Coningsby Castle, in Lancashire, where the Marquess of Monmouth was living in state feasting the county, patronising the borough, and diffusing confidence in the Conservative party in order that the electors of Dartford might return his man, Mr. Rigby, once more for parliament our hero halted for the night at Manchester.
"Hampton Court, in Herefordshire, with its strong embattled keep, and its gardens bounded by a piece of water which divides them from the forest, belongs to Thomas, Lord Coningsby.
Those which I have selected are as follows: 1st, a speech in the character of Lord Coningsby, impeaching the Earl of Oxford; 2nd, an essay on the utility of standing armies; 3rd, an essay on the policy of Great Britain with regard to continental possessions. Valete. This exhaustive enumeration of his brothers and sisters invites attention to that home where he reigned supreme.
We mentioned that Sidonia had acquired a thorough knowledge of the circumstances which had occasioned and attended the disinheritance of Coningsby. These he had told to Lady Wallinger, first by letter, afterwards in more detail on her arrival in London. Lady Wallinger had conferred with her husband. She was not surprised at the goodness of Coningsby, and she sympathised with all his calamities.
'Mamma, I see them! exclaimed Lady Theresa. 'Perhaps your Grace may think that they might be relieved without all this ceremony, said Mr. Lyle, extremely confused. 'But I agree with Henry and Mr. Coningsby, that Ceremony is not, as too commonly supposed, an idle form. I wish the people constantly and visibly to comprehend that Property is their protector and their friend.
The neglect and hardships of his early years, instead of leaving a prejudice against one who, by some, might be esteemed their author, had by their contrast only rendered Coningsby more keenly sensible of the solicitude and enjoyment which had been lavished on his happy youth.
'The more contracted the circle, the more perfect the illusion. 'Oh, no! said Vavasour, shaking his head. 'An age is the thing; it is a much higher thing. What can be finer than to represent the spirit of an age? 'And Mr. Vavasour to perform the principal part, said Mrs. Coningsby. 'I know exactly what he means. He wants to dance the polka as Petrarch, and find a Laura in every partner.
Rigby was so clever that he contrived always to quarter Coningsby on the father of one of his school-fellows, for Mr. Rigby knew all his school-fellows and all their fathers. Mr. Rigby also called to see him, not unfrequently would give him a dinner at the Star and Garter, or even have him up to town for a week to Whitehall.
Word Of The Day