History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 3Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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... honour which this country , through the blessing of Providence , has en- joyed under the present reigning family ! A part of this happiness and honour should , no doubt , also be ascribed to the cautious limitations which accom- panied ...
... honour which this country , through the blessing of Providence , has en- joyed under the present reigning family ! A part of this happiness and honour should , no doubt , also be ascribed to the cautious limitations which accom- panied ...
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... honour , raised himself from the station of a footman ) ; and , though they were joined by several of the other party , such as Sir George Newland and Mr. Heysham , they were , on the division , outvoted by 252 against 130. Yet ...
... honour , raised himself from the station of a footman ) ; and , though they were joined by several of the other party , such as Sir George Newland and Mr. Heysham , they were , on the division , outvoted by 252 against 130. Yet ...
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... honour of preaching before them on the Restoration Day ; and the Court was no less forward in conferring a rich benefice upon him . Never , perhaps , had any man attained a higher pitch of popularity . We are told , that as he passed to ...
... honour of preaching before them on the Restoration Day ; and the Court was no less forward in conferring a rich benefice upon him . Never , perhaps , had any man attained a higher pitch of popularity . We are told , that as he passed to ...
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... honour of this august assembly to " show that they are better bred and have more com- " plaisance than the Commons ! " A strange argument for legislators ! Still less was there at this period any publication of the lists of the ...
... honour of this august assembly to " show that they are better bred and have more com- " plaisance than the Commons ! " A strange argument for legislators ! Still less was there at this period any publication of the lists of the ...
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... honour of James he disdained any such unworthy compromise with his conscience ; and he wrote a very able letter , to be circulated amongst his partisans in England , and in which he declared his fixed determination neither to dissemble ...
... honour of James he disdained any such unworthy compromise with his conscience ; and he wrote a very able letter , to be circulated amongst his partisans in England , and in which he declared his fixed determination neither to dissemble ...
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