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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... seemed to be frightened at the news , a noble Lord , who 66 was known to be a firm friend , seemed to make light of the " news , and said he apprehended no danger from such an " army . But when it was afterwards reported that the Prince ...
... seemed to be frightened at the news , a noble Lord , who 66 was known to be a firm friend , seemed to make light of the " news , and said he apprehended no danger from such an " army . But when it was afterwards reported that the Prince ...
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... seemed to afford a safe and excellent resource . The province of Nova Scotia was pitched upon for this experiment , and the freehold of fifty acres was offered to each settler , with ten acres more for every child brought with him ...
... seemed to afford a safe and excellent resource . The province of Nova Scotia was pitched upon for this experiment , and the freehold of fifty acres was offered to each settler , with ten acres more for every child brought with him ...
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... seemed to have no kind of connexion a Bill for the general naturalization of Foreign Protestants . Already , in 1708 , had a Bill for that purpose passed into a law , but in 1711 the new Tory administration had repealed it . There was a ...
... seemed to have no kind of connexion a Bill for the general naturalization of Foreign Protestants . Already , in 1708 , had a Bill for that purpose passed into a law , but in 1711 the new Tory administration had repealed it . There was a ...
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... seemed to be that he might die an Earl . Yet in the progress of a painful and at length fatal disease he showed a far higher degree of courage and firmness than might have been ex- pected from a spirit which rested not on hopes of im ...
... seemed to be that he might die an Earl . Yet in the progress of a painful and at length fatal disease he showed a far higher degree of courage and firmness than might have been ex- pected from a spirit which rested not on hopes of im ...
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... seemed strange that the Court of St. James's ( let us rather here call it of Hanover ) should be far more forward and eager in this cause than the Court of Vienna . ** It seemed hard that the ultimate object in question ยท the security ...
... seemed strange that the Court of St. James's ( let us rather here call it of Hanover ) should be far more forward and eager in this cause than the Court of Vienna . ** It seemed hard that the ultimate object in question ยท the security ...
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