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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... afterwards effected by himself . In the en- suing year , namely 1770 , another patent was granted to James Hargreaves , a poor weaver , the inventor of the Spinning Jinny . A further stride in advance was made by the discovery of the ...
... afterwards effected by himself . In the en- suing year , namely 1770 , another patent was granted to James Hargreaves , a poor weaver , the inventor of the Spinning Jinny . A further stride in advance was made by the discovery of the ...
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... afterwards Duke of Argyle . This early disappointment appears to have sunk deep into the mind of the shy and proud young man . All his relish for society was gone . He retired to his domain of Worsley , about seven miles from Manchester ...
... afterwards Duke of Argyle . This early disappointment appears to have sunk deep into the mind of the shy and proud young man . All his relish for society was gone . He retired to his domain of Worsley , about seven miles from Manchester ...
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... 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. ) Several speeches ...
... 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. ) Several speeches ...
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... afterwards a reproving and hateful aspect , even in the eyes of those with whom they had unhappily prevailed . * - 1 - While Fox was thus browbeat in the Commons , he was , on the other hand , by no means smiled upon at Court . Lord ...
... afterwards a reproving and hateful aspect , even in the eyes of those with whom they had unhappily prevailed . * - 1 - While Fox was thus browbeat in the Commons , he was , on the other hand , by no means smiled upon at Court . Lord ...
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... afterwards conscious which fools are seldom of his failure . " What shall I do ? " he exclaimed to some friends . " People will point at me and cry : ' There goes the worst " Chancellor of the Exchequer that ever lived ! " " + The ...
... afterwards conscious which fools are seldom of his failure . " What shall I do ? " he exclaimed to some friends . " People will point at me and cry : ' There goes the worst " Chancellor of the Exchequer that ever lived ! " " + The ...
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