The Dictionary of English HistorySir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling |
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... Ireland . In 1413 all Irishmen were , with the same object , ordered to leave England , and were excluded from the Inns of Court . In Henry VI.'s reign , legislation against absenteeism was also frequent . James II . in 1689 summoned ...
... Ireland . In 1413 all Irishmen were , with the same object , ordered to leave England , and were excluded from the Inns of Court . In Henry VI.'s reign , legislation against absenteeism was also frequent . James II . in 1689 summoned ...
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... Ireland , and Aquitaine Philip , Earl de Grey 1834 1436 Lord Auckland April 25 , 1835 William de la Pole , Marquis and Earl of Suffolk , Admiral of England , Ireland , and Gilbert , Earl of Minto Sept. 19 , 1835 Aquitaine 1446 Thomas ...
... Ireland , and Aquitaine Philip , Earl de Grey 1834 1436 Lord Auckland April 25 , 1835 William de la Pole , Marquis and Earl of Suffolk , Admiral of England , Ireland , and Gilbert , Earl of Minto Sept. 19 , 1835 Aquitaine 1446 Thomas ...
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... Ireland . Adullamites ( 1866 ) was a name deri- sively applied to those Liberals , about forty in number , who opposed the majority of their party on Earl Russell's proposal for a further Reform of Parliament . Their leaders were Mr ...
... Ireland . Adullamites ( 1866 ) was a name deri- sively applied to those Liberals , about forty in number , who opposed the majority of their party on Earl Russell's proposal for a further Reform of Parliament . Their leaders were Mr ...
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... Ireland in the reign of Queen Anne . In 1711 he hastened from Ireland to take part in the debates on the war , and commented severely on the exhaustion of the country , hinting that Marlborough had averted peace from interested motives ...
... Ireland in the reign of Queen Anne . In 1711 he hastened from Ireland to take part in the debates on the war , and commented severely on the exhaustion of the country , hinting that Marlborough had averted peace from interested motives ...
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... Ireland . His advent was looked forward to with much dread in Ireland , owing to some thoughtless remarks he had once made as to using military force to quell disturbances . But he very much belied the anticipations that had been formed ...
... Ireland . His advent was looked forward to with much dread in Ireland , owing to some thoughtless remarks he had once made as to using military force to quell disturbances . But he very much belied the anticipations that had been formed ...
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Page 212 - I am one of those who have probably passed a longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally, I may say, in civil war ; and I must say this — that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it [cheers].
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Page 18 - ... the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly and with a horrid carnage it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill.
Page 227 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
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Page 68 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
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