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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... occasion the enterprising agent , greatly to his own dismay , found himself mistaken for a highwayman . But under every difficulty the Duke showed a resolute energy of purpose . He diminished his establishment at Worsley , brought his ...
... occasion the enterprising agent , greatly to his own dismay , found himself mistaken for a highwayman . But under every difficulty the Duke showed a resolute energy of purpose . He diminished his establishment at Worsley , brought his ...
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... occasions . It is clear also that such corruption , when not supported by any eminent public . * Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . vol . i . p . 199 . services , did not add to , but rather took Allegations of bribery Weak state of ...
... occasions . It is clear also that such corruption , when not supported by any eminent public . * Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . vol . i . p . 199 . services , did not add to , but rather took Allegations of bribery Weak state of ...
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... occasion , his usual plain good sense appeared to have forsaken him ; his speech was conveyed in mean and common language , and yet was wanting in perspi- cuity and clearness . His good sense , however , made him afterwards conscious ...
... occasion , his usual plain good sense appeared to have forsaken him ; his speech was conveyed in mean and common language , and yet was wanting in perspi- cuity and clearness . His good sense , however , made him afterwards conscious ...
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... occasion , unfortunately for himself , to support his wavering colleagues , and to answer his eloquent kinsman . He bid the House re- member the profusion with which the late war had been car- ried on , a profusion which alone , he said ...
... occasion , unfortunately for himself , to support his wavering colleagues , and to answer his eloquent kinsman . He bid the House re- member the profusion with which the late war had been car- ried on , a profusion which alone , he said ...
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... occasion referred with natural complacency to the recent conclusion of peace , 66 on terms , " it was added , " so honourable to my Crown , and so beneficial to my " people . " Such an eulogy from such a quarter roused the ire of the ...
... occasion referred with natural complacency to the recent conclusion of peace , 66 on terms , " it was added , " so honourable to my Crown , and so beneficial to my " people . " Such an eulogy from such a quarter roused the ire of the ...
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