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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... write , having only learnt how to sign his own name . Be this as it may , he had an inborn and intuitive genius for mechanical skill . When the canal * In the Quarterly Review ( No. cxlvi . p . 301-318 . ) is contained a graceful and ...
... write , having only learnt how to sign his own name . Be this as it may , he had an inborn and intuitive genius for mechanical skill . When the canal * In the Quarterly Review ( No. cxlvi . p . 301-318 . ) is contained a graceful and ...
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... 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 him the further fault of undue preference and ...
... 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 him the further fault of undue preference and ...
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... writes the same evening to Lord Halifax : " My interview was very " short , and no notice was taken of the long audience that preceded mine . " ** Letter to Lord Royston , Sept. 4. 1763. Parl . Hist . , vol . xv . p . 1327. , and notes ...
... writes the same evening to Lord Halifax : " My interview was very " short , and no notice was taken of the long audience that preceded mine . " ** Letter to Lord Royston , Sept. 4. 1763. Parl . Hist . , vol . xv . p . 1327. , and notes ...
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... writes : " In my opinion they cannot as they are meet " the Parliament . The only and all the efficient people they " have are in the House of Lords , for since Mr. Pitt has " firmly engaged Charles Townshend to him there is not a " man ...
... writes : " In my opinion they cannot as they are meet " the Parliament . The only and all the efficient people they " have are in the House of Lords , for since Mr. Pitt has " firmly engaged Charles Townshend to him there is not a " man ...
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... write again in support of " them ; and it is no less a mercy that God has raised up the " Earl of Sandwich to vindicate and promote true religion " and morality ! These two blessings will justly make an " epoch in the annals of this ...
... write again in support of " them ; and it is no less a mercy that God has raised up the " Earl of Sandwich to vindicate and promote true religion " and morality ! These two blessings will justly make an " epoch in the annals of this ...
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