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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... called " the Potteries " had been of slight signi- ficance . But so much did this branch of industry grow and thrive that , according to Mr. Wedgwood's evidence before the House of Commons in 1785 , there were then employed upon it in ...
... called " the Potteries " had been of slight signi- ficance . But so much did this branch of industry grow and thrive that , according to Mr. Wedgwood's evidence before the House of Commons in 1785 , there were then employed upon it in ...
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... called a DIES NON . At the age of twenty - two he was deeply smitten with the charms of one of the two Gun- ning sisters- those far - famed beauties of their day . But this suit did not prosper . The lady preferred to him a more ...
... called a DIES NON . At the age of twenty - two he was deeply smitten with the charms of one of the two Gun- ning sisters- those far - famed beauties of their day . But this suit did not prosper . The lady preferred to him a more ...
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... called themselves . shook their heads and kept their purses closed . Large as was the Duke's estate , it proved unequal to the strain upon it . So low did his credit sink that at one time his bill for 500l . could scarcely be cashed in ...
... called themselves . shook their heads and kept their purses closed . Large as was the Duke's estate , it proved unequal to the strain upon it . So low did his credit sink that at one time his bill for 500l . could scarcely be cashed in ...
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... called on to express an opinion in their favour , we have seen elsewhere how fiercely Pitt had darted forth even from his sick bed to oppose them . No considera- tion of public danger any longer stood in his way ; no neces- sity of ...
... called on to express an opinion in their favour , we have seen elsewhere how fiercely Pitt had darted forth even from his sick bed to oppose them . No considera- tion of public danger any longer stood in his way ; no neces- sity of ...
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... called their Father Abbot . On the portal , now again in ruins , and once more resigned to its former solitude and silence , I could still a few years since read the in- scription placed there by Wilkes and his friends : FAY CE p . 370 ...
... called their Father Abbot . On the portal , now again in ruins , and once more resigned to its former solitude and silence , I could still a few years since read the in- scription placed there by Wilkes and his friends : FAY CE p . 370 ...
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