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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... occasion to relate by anticipation , and on the respectable authority of Forsyth , his mysterious introduction to a meeting of his friends in Pall Mall , and the generous sentiments towards the reigning family which he there expressed ...
... occasion to relate by anticipation , and on the respectable authority of Forsyth , his mysterious introduction to a meeting of his friends in Pall Mall , and the generous sentiments towards the reigning family which he there expressed ...
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... " But neither on this occasion nor on any other would I readily trust Horace Walpole as to motives ; he is far too willing to impute the worst . 1751 . DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES . 11 10 CHAP . XXXI . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... " But neither on this occasion nor on any other would I readily trust Horace Walpole as to motives ; he is far too willing to impute the worst . 1751 . DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES . 11 10 CHAP . XXXI . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... occasion it was voted a breach of privilege to have " killed a great number of rabbits " from the warren of Lord Galway , a member . * An- other time , the fish of Mr. Jolliffe were honoured with a like august protection . ** The same ...
... occasion it was voted a breach of privilege to have " killed a great number of rabbits " from the warren of Lord Galway , a member . * An- other time , the fish of Mr. Jolliffe were honoured with a like august protection . ** The same ...
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... occasion , Pitt most unwarrantably , though , it must be owned , after strong provocation , claimed , in allusion to Fox's looks , that he for his own part " should be ashamed to hide his head as if he had murdered " somebody under a ...
... occasion , Pitt most unwarrantably , though , it must be owned , after strong provocation , claimed , in allusion to Fox's looks , that he for his own part " should be ashamed to hide his head as if he had murdered " somebody under a ...
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... occasion , when the Duke wished to consult him on the intended ex- pedition to America , Pitt answered proudly : " Your Grace , " I suppose , knows that I have no capacity for these things , " and , therefore , I do not desire to be ...
... occasion , when the Duke wished to consult him on the intended ex- pedition to America , Pitt answered proudly : " Your Grace , " I suppose , knows that I have no capacity for these things , " and , therefore , I do not desire to be ...
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