 | 1842 - 982 pages
...The countess appears to have been a match for him. She thus writes : — " I have been bullied by a usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I...shan't stand. Anne Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." The following quotation must close our remarks. We will, however, add, that the whole tendency of the... | |
 | 1825 - 486 pages
...to compel her to relinquish one of her boroughs. This was her reply, — " I have been bullied by I an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but...dictated to by a subject. Your man sha'nt stand." The letters of tbis period of anarchy exhibited of course no improvement on the still barbarous style.... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...secretary to be allowed to recommend a person to her tor member lor Appleby, wrote the follow.01 reply : " I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I won't be dictated to by a subject ; — your an... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 882 pages
...recommend a candidate for the borough of Appleby. The reply of the countess was worthy of her ancestors ; " I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected...shan't stand. Anne, Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery." This letter has excited a general admiration ; the reason of which is thus explained by Dr. Campbell,... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 618 pages
...to a Secretary of State of Charles II., who requested to nominate a member for Appleby : — • • I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected...shan't stand. "Anne, Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." Biog. Brit. (1781), iii. 640. " Dr. Donne," says Mr. Grainger, " speaking of her extensive knowledge,... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 620 pages
...replied to a Secretary of State of Charles II., who requested to nominate a member for Appleby : — " I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected...shan't stand. "Anne, Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." Biog. Srit. (1784), iii. 64O. " Dr. Donne," says Mr. Grainger, " speaking of her extensive knowledge,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...had presumed to nominate a candidate for her borough of Appleby : ' I have been bullied,' said she, ' by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ;...dictated to by a subject; your man sha'n't stand.' CLIFFORTIA, in botany, a genus of the polyandria order, and diœcia class of plants ; natural order... | |
 | M. Thomas Shaw - Wharfdale (England) - 1830 - 206 pages
...minister wished to choose a person for one of her boroughs ; but she sent him the following answer. ff I have been bullied by an Usurper — I have been...sha'n't stand. " Anne Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery." The manor and chase of Barden, containing by survey 3,232 acres, were separated from the other demesnes... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pages
...to nominate a candidate for her borough of Appleby: — " I have been bullied," she writes, " by a usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I...dictated to by a subject : your man sha'n't stand." CLIFFS, or CLAVES ; certain indicial characters placed at the beginning of the several staves in a... | |
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I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. 
