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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... Lord Bute . - With such a Chancellor , " my Chancellor , " as Lord Bute was accused of calling him too much in the Regal style ** , there was little likelihood of the Exchequer thriving . The loan was disposed of without publicity or ...
... Lord Bute . - With such a Chancellor , " my Chancellor , " as Lord Bute was accused of calling him too much in the Regal style ** , there was little likelihood of the Exchequer thriving . The loan was disposed of without publicity or ...
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... Lord Mayor , and which was well prepared to take part against anything or everything emanating from Lord Bute , forth- with raised an angry cry , and sent petitions against the scheme , not only to the House of Commons , but to the ...
... Lord Mayor , and which was well prepared to take part against anything or everything emanating from Lord Bute , forth- with raised an angry cry , and sent petitions against the scheme , not only to the House of Commons , but to the ...
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... Lord Bute rose higher and higher . A swarm of libellers had closed upon him , ready with their buzz and sting , and each no sooner flapped away than thirsting to come back . Foremost among these stood John Wilkes , a name which , partly ...
... Lord Bute rose higher and higher . A swarm of libellers had closed upon him , ready with their buzz and sting , and each no sooner flapped away than thirsting to come back . Foremost among these stood John Wilkes , a name which , partly ...
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... Lord Bute , and in October 1761 the secession of Pitt and Temple from the Government annihilated the source of his hopes . Seeing that he could not be a placeman , he resolved to be a patriot . His first performance was a tract on the ...
... Lord Bute , and in October 1761 the secession of Pitt and Temple from the Government annihilated the source of his hopes . Seeing that he could not be a placeman , he resolved to be a patriot . His first performance was a tract on the ...
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... Lord Temple . Seldom have two such near kinsmen , and for the most part ... Bute and his Royal Master . Slight as this change may be deemed , there was ... Lord Talbot , Wilkes embroiled himself needlessly and wantonly . Lord Talbot was ...
... Lord Temple . Seldom have two such near kinsmen , and for the most part ... Bute and his Royal Master . Slight as this change may be deemed , there was ... Lord Talbot , Wilkes embroiled himself needlessly and wantonly . Lord Talbot was ...
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