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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... Treasury , afterwards acknow- ledged 25,000l . to have been thus expended in a single morn- * " It is impossible for a human creature to speak well for taree hours " and a half . " ( Lord Chesterfield to his son . Dec. 13. 1762 ...
... Treasury , afterwards acknow- ledged 25,000l . to have been thus expended in a single morn- * " It is impossible for a human creature to speak well for taree hours " and a half . " ( Lord Chesterfield to his son . Dec. 13. 1762 ...
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... Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer . No one doubted that this choice had been made under the influence of Lord Bute , and was designed for the preservation of that influence . At the same time it was intimated to the Foreign ...
... Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer . No one doubted that this choice had been made under the influence of Lord Bute , and was designed for the preservation of that influence . At the same time it was intimated to the Foreign ...
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... Treasury , had grown a veteran junior . He showed himself as a speaker clear , acute , and well informed ; and he possessed con- siderable weight , especially among his countrymen - the Scotch . But he was now declining in years and ...
... Treasury , had grown a veteran junior . He showed himself as a speaker clear , acute , and well informed ; and he possessed con- siderable weight , especially among his countrymen - the Scotch . But he was now declining in years and ...
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... Treasury , during several years of the late reign , had been no mere cyphers , but men of note , -Lord North and Robert Nugent . Lord North already took an active part in the House of Commons , and enjoyed some reputation there ...
... Treasury , during several years of the late reign , had been no mere cyphers , but men of note , -Lord North and Robert Nugent . Lord North already took an active part in the House of Commons , and enjoyed some reputation there ...
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... Treasury . His two printers , Balfe and Kearsley , being also taken into custody , acknowledged him to be the author of Number Forty - five . Wilkes in his confinement was at first denied the use of pen and paper , or the privilege of ...
... Treasury . His two printers , Balfe and Kearsley , being also taken into custody , acknowledged him to be the author of Number Forty - five . Wilkes in his confinement was at first denied the use of pen and paper , or the privilege of ...
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