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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... period beheld in Lancashire and Yorkshire . At the begin- ning of the century the yearly exports of cotton goods did not much exceed in value 20,000l . , while the yearly exports of woollen goods , now so inferior by comparison ...
... period beheld in Lancashire and Yorkshire . At the begin- ning of the century the yearly exports of cotton goods did not much exceed in value 20,000l . , while the yearly exports of woollen goods , now so inferior by comparison ...
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... period other men of wealth had trod in the footsteps of the Duke of Bridgewater ; other men of genius in Brindley's . High among the latter stood Smeaton and Watt . Smeaton , already famous for that lighthouse of Eddystone , which has ...
... period other men of wealth had trod in the footsteps of the Duke of Bridgewater ; other men of genius in Brindley's . High among the latter stood Smeaton and Watt . Smeaton , already famous for that lighthouse of Eddystone , which has ...
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... period discoveries of which it may be said that in their final re- sults they are destined to overspread and civilise the globe * Baines's History of the Cotton Trade , p . 158. and 159 . ** See the Cavendish Debates , vol . i . p . 337 ...
... period discoveries of which it may be said that in their final re- sults they are destined to overspread and civilise the globe * Baines's History of the Cotton Trade , p . 158. and 159 . ** See the Cavendish Debates , vol . i . p . 337 ...
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... Pitt as Mr. Adolphus supposes , nor yet Fox as Horace Walpole as- serts , were at this period offered the lead of affairs before it devolved upon George Grenville . arose in private between him and Lord Bute as to Fox created Lord Holland.
... Pitt as Mr. Adolphus supposes , nor yet Fox as Horace Walpole as- serts , were at this period offered the lead of affairs before it devolved upon George Grenville . arose in private between him and Lord Bute as to Fox created Lord Holland.
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... period essential to the Government . These misrepresentations Lord Bute , now forgiving , called , " a " pious fraud . " " I can see the fraud plain enough , " cried Fox , " but where is the piety ? " * At last , however , the new ...
... period essential to the Government . These misrepresentations Lord Bute , now forgiving , called , " a " pious fraud . " " I can see the fraud plain enough , " cried Fox , " but where is the piety ? " * At last , however , the new ...
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