History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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... Horace Walpole's contemporary Memoirs . We there find how eager was the expectation of his coming ; how prevalent the doubt whether his illness might not keep him away . At length a shout from the thronged streets was heard by the ...
... Horace Walpole's contemporary Memoirs . We there find how eager was the expectation of his coming ; how prevalent the doubt whether his illness might not keep him away . At length a shout from the thronged streets was heard by the ...
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... Horace Walpole intimates , " prophetically " affectionate to grants for life , so heaped upon him after- " wards , " answered roughly : " Aye , they may lay the idea " before the Judges , and refer Magna Charta to them after- " wards to ...
... Horace Walpole intimates , " prophetically " affectionate to grants for life , so heaped upon him after- " wards , " answered roughly : " Aye , they may lay the idea " before the Judges , and refer Magna Charta to them after- " wards to ...
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... Horace Wal- pole says , nearly to the same effect : " Lord Mansfield made a bad trim- " ming speech , but voted for ... Horace Walpole as- serts , were at this period offered the lead of affairs before it devolved upon George Grenville ...
... Horace Wal- pole says , nearly to the same effect : " Lord Mansfield made a bad trim- " ming speech , but voted for ... Horace Walpole as- serts , were at this period offered the lead of affairs before it devolved upon George Grenville ...
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... Horace Walpole says * , he accepted it ; nay , even went to St. James's to kiss hands for it . But rashly presuming that the seats of his colleagues at the Board must be in his own nomination ( which had never yet been admitted or ...
... Horace Walpole says * , he accepted it ; nay , even went to St. James's to kiss hands for it . But rashly presuming that the seats of his colleagues at the Board must be in his own nomination ( which had never yet been admitted or ...
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... Horace Walpole , believed that this was the first notice which the Prime Minister received of the negotiation then already in progress . In truth , however , the King had apprised Mr. Grenville of his purpose the day before , and both ...
... Horace Walpole , believed that this was the first notice which the Prime Minister received of the negotiation then already in progress . In truth , however , the King had apprised Mr. Grenville of his purpose the day before , and both ...
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