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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... Hanover And on the American boundary . Earl of Albemarle , Ambassador at Paris · Capture of the Alcide and the Lys Defeat and death of General Braddock Discussions at the Board of Regency Public discontents Treaties of Subsidy Return of ...
... Hanover And on the American boundary . Earl of Albemarle , Ambassador at Paris · Capture of the Alcide and the Lys Defeat and death of General Braddock Discussions at the Board of Regency Public discontents Treaties of Subsidy Return of ...
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... Hanover Court Martial on Byng The sentence • Byng's courageous demeanour Endeavours of Pitt to save his life Parliamentary steps in his behalf His execution ib . 88 89 90 91 ib . 92 ib . 93 95 96 ib . ib . 98 99 CHAPTER XXXIV ...
... Hanover Court Martial on Byng The sentence • Byng's courageous demeanour Endeavours of Pitt to save his life Parliamentary steps in his behalf His execution ib . 88 89 90 91 ib . 92 ib . 93 95 96 ib . ib . 98 99 CHAPTER XXXIV ...
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... Hanover . Pelham , as head of the Treasury , refused at first his sanction to the scheme . He writes to his brother ; " I perceive that you are anxious to " find out an expedient for paying the whole or any part of " the remaining ...
... Hanover . Pelham , as head of the Treasury , refused at first his sanction to the scheme . He writes to his brother ; " I perceive that you are anxious to " find out an expedient for paying the whole or any part of " the remaining ...
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... Hanover , since from the small numbers of the Highland army which marched into England it was easy to foresee its final failure . But this last objection was most ingeniously retorted by Pitt upon the objectors . " At the " time of the ...
... Hanover , since from the small numbers of the Highland army which marched into England it was easy to foresee its final failure . But this last objection was most ingeniously retorted by Pitt upon the objectors . " At the " time of the ...
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... Hanover , " it is all jollity , boyishness , and vanity : he persuades him- " self that riding post from London to Woburn , and back " again , once in a week or fortnight , is doing a great deal " of business , and that nobody has a ...
... Hanover , " it is all jollity , boyishness , and vanity : he persuades him- " self that riding post from London to Woburn , and back " again , once in a week or fortnight , is doing a great deal " of business , and that nobody has a ...
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