History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 5Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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... Crown . It contained in 1839 not less than 2,000 houses and 20,000 people . * -- as a But the legions of half - pay officers and soldiers still remaining at home suggested another measure of prudence and precaution ; a clause , now for ...
... Crown . It contained in 1839 not less than 2,000 houses and 20,000 people . * -- as a But the legions of half - pay officers and soldiers still remaining at home suggested another measure of prudence and precaution ; a clause , now for ...
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... Crown ! " Mr. Fox , with great warmth , repelled this covert attack on his princely patron , and an unseemly altercation thus arose between two members of the same administration , between the Paymaster General and the Secretary at War ...
... Crown ! " Mr. Fox , with great warmth , repelled this covert attack on his princely patron , and an unseemly altercation thus arose between two members of the same administration , between the Paymaster General and the Secretary at War ...
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... Crown in the reign of Anne — secondly the SLOANE , due to the taste and care of Sir Hans Sloane , an eminent physician , and Presi- dent of the Royal Society , who , dying in January 1753 , be- queathed his rarities of every kind to the ...
... Crown in the reign of Anne — secondly the SLOANE , due to the taste and care of Sir Hans Sloane , an eminent physician , and Presi- dent of the Royal Society , who , dying in January 1753 , be- queathed his rarities of every kind to the ...
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... crowns from England with 80 crowns for every horseman , and 30 crowns for every foot soldier , as levy money , should the troops be actually required . Another treaty of the same kind , but much larger scale , was nego- tiating with the ...
... crowns from England with 80 crowns for every horseman , and 30 crowns for every foot soldier , as levy money , should the troops be actually required . Another treaty of the same kind , but much larger scale , was nego- tiating with the ...
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... Crown , habitual , frequent , familiar ' access , I mean , that they may tell their own story , to do " themselves and their friends justice , and not be the victims " of a whisper .... For my part , if the Ministry ask nothing " of me ...
... Crown , habitual , frequent , familiar ' access , I mean , that they may tell their own story , to do " themselves and their friends justice , and not be the victims " of a whisper .... For my part , if the Ministry ask nothing " of me ...
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