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SECTION III.-LITERATURE, LEARNING, AND EDUCATION.
CHAPTER IV.-THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE FIRST.
1714 to 1727.
SECTION 1.-LORD TOWNSHEND'S ADMINISTRATION.
1714 to 1717.
SECTION II.-DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF LORD
STANHOPE. 1717 to 1721.
SECTION III.—WALPOLE'S ADMINISTRATION. 1721 to 1727.
CHAPTER V.—THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE SECOND.
1727 to 1760.
SECTION 1.-CONTINUATION OF WALPOLE'S ADMINISTRA-
TION. 1727 to 1742.
SECTION III.-THE COALITION MINISTRY OF PITT AND
NEWCASTLE.- 1757 to 1760.
I. The Great Prussian Campaign
of 1757.
48. The Secret of Pitt's Popu-
III. The Conquest of Canada.
57. Pitt's Scheme for the Con-
quest of Canada
288
larity
278
58. Wolfe's Character and early
49. The Battles of Prague and
Career
289
Kolin
290
Seven.-Failure of an Ex-
pedition against Roche-
60.
Wolfe fails to dislodge the
fort
280
French from their
trenchments
In-
51. The Battles of Rosbach
and Leuthen ..
61. The Battle on the Heights
281
of Abraham
292
IV. The Great Prussian Cam-
paigns of 1758,1759, and 1760.
62. The Continental Campaign
283
of 1758
942
54. Corrupt Character of the Irish Parliament
285
55. The Irish Parliament sub-
ordinate to the Parliament
64.
63. The Great Naval Victory
in Quiberon Bay
The Prussian Campaign of
295
1759
297
and Government in Eng-
land..
56. Growth of a Patriotic Party
in 1753
287
65. The Battle of Minden
66. Pitt's Ascendancy
67. The Prussian Campaign of
1760..
298
299
PERIOD OF GEORGE THE THIRD. 1760 to 1820.
312
CHAPTER VI.-FROM THE ACCESSION OF THE KING
UNTIL THE TERMINATION OF HIS STRUGGLE
WITH THE WHIGS. 1760 to 1784.
SECTION I. DURING THE ASCENDANCY OF THE EARL of
BUTE. 1760 to 1763.
SECTION II.-THE FIRST CONFLICT BETWEEN THE KING
AND THE WHIGS. 1763 to 1768.