Recollections and Reflections, Personal and Political: As Connected with Public Affairs, During the Reign of George III.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - Great Britain |
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... Dunning fully sensible of the importance of such a union ; and he assured me that it was most anxiously desired by the Earl of Shelburne . When I urged the subject to Mr. Burke , he I treated it with contempt : he said , " The D 4 39.
... Dunning fully sensible of the importance of such a union ; and he assured me that it was most anxiously desired by the Earl of Shelburne . When I urged the subject to Mr. Burke , he I treated it with contempt : he said , " The D 4 39.
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... Shelburne's party is of no conse- quence ; it does not consist of more than six or eight members ; " and I remember he enumerated them . But the Shelburne party was more numerous at that time , than Mr. Burke chose to believe ; and ...
... Shelburne's party is of no conse- quence ; it does not consist of more than six or eight members ; " and I remember he enumerated them . But the Shelburne party was more numerous at that time , than Mr. Burke chose to believe ; and ...
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... Shelburne , arranged the administration with him , and then sent the Earl of Shelburne to the Marquis of Rock- ingham , to inform him of the names of the gentlemen who were to form the Cabinet , and of the different offices which they ...
... Shelburne , arranged the administration with him , and then sent the Earl of Shelburne to the Marquis of Rock- ingham , to inform him of the names of the gentlemen who were to form the Cabinet , and of the different offices which they ...
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... Shelburne but I do not see that they had much right to do so . It was owing to their own folly in listening to Mr. Edmund Burke , that a union had not taken place between them and the Shelburnes early in that session . When Lord North ...
... Shelburne but I do not see that they had much right to do so . It was owing to their own folly in listening to Mr. Edmund Burke , that a union had not taken place between them and the Shelburnes early in that session . When Lord North ...
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... Shelburne made of his conduct ; adding , " I passed my eldest to Lord Rockingham , which I had no occa- sion to do , for I might have been Prime Minister myself . " But the parties hated each other they could not conceal this hatred ...
... Shelburne made of his conduct ; adding , " I passed my eldest to Lord Rockingham , which I had no occa- sion to do , for I might have been Prime Minister myself . " But the parties hated each other they could not conceal this hatred ...
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