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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... Favourite and his friends had secured the shares for themselves to their own enormous emolument , and to the public loss . *** Nor was the reputation of Sir Francis Dashwood retrieved by the Budget which he brought forward at nearly the ...
... Favourite and his friends had secured the shares for themselves to their own enormous emolument , and to the public loss . *** Nor was the reputation of Sir Francis Dashwood retrieved by the Budget which he brought forward at nearly the ...
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... Favourite . " The great cry against Lord Bute , " writes Chesterfield , 66 was upon account of his being a Scotchman , the only fault " which he could not possibly correct . " ** But besides this original crime , there was urged against ...
... Favourite . " The great cry against Lord Bute , " writes Chesterfield , 66 was upon account of his being a Scotchman , the only fault " which he could not possibly correct . " ** But besides this original crime , there was urged against ...
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... Favourite . - From several such appointments and selections , nearly all on the Tory side , not merely a Tory but even a Jacobite bias came to be imputed to Lord Bute . See , said his op- ponents in further proof , how graciously and ...
... Favourite . - From several such appointments and selections , nearly all on the Tory side , not merely a Tory but even a Jacobite bias came to be imputed to Lord Bute . See , said his op- ponents in further proof , how graciously and ...
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... Favourite , and amongst us the very name of Favourite has ever been a by - word of reproach . We were determined not to resemble certain contemporary nations that quietly allowed them- selves to be ruled by any minion to whom the Sultan ...
... Favourite , and amongst us the very name of Favourite has ever been a by - word of reproach . We were determined not to resemble certain contemporary nations that quietly allowed them- selves to be ruled by any minion to whom the Sultan ...
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... Favourite resigned kissed hands on his appointment as both First Lord of the 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 ...
... Favourite resigned kissed hands on his appointment as both First Lord of the 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 ...
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