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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Page 35
... statesman against the policy of a further prosecution . Nor were these confined to London alone . In the Cyder counties , still exasperated by the new tax laid upon them , the triumph over the administration was celebrated in a mode not ...
... statesman against the policy of a further prosecution . Nor were these confined to London alone . In the Cyder counties , still exasperated by the new tax laid upon them , the triumph over the administration was celebrated in a mode not ...
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... statesman in the right who exclaimed that there is no such word in party politics as " Never ! " Having thus obtained the Royal consent Lord Bute im- mediately proceeded to open the desired negotiation by a message to Mr. Pitt at Hayes ...
... statesman in the right who exclaimed that there is no such word in party politics as " Never ! " Having thus obtained the Royal consent Lord Bute im- mediately proceeded to open the desired negotiation by a message to Mr. Pitt at Hayes ...
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... statesman very explicit . He , Pitt , went through the defects of the Peace ; the things needed and hitherto neg- lected to improve and preserve it ; the claims of the great Whig noblemen , those steady friends of the House of Ha- nover ...
... statesman very explicit . He , Pitt , went through the defects of the Peace ; the things needed and hitherto neg- lected to improve and preserve it ; the claims of the great Whig noblemen , those steady friends of the House of Ha- nover ...
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... statesmen whom he had tried to supplant were , as may be supposed , most open- mouthed against him . " He has attempted to sacrifice us to " his own fears and timidity ; " he has carried us to mar- " ket in his pocket ; ' - such were ...
... statesmen whom he had tried to supplant were , as may be supposed , most open- mouthed against him . " He has attempted to sacrifice us to " his own fears and timidity ; " he has carried us to mar- " ket in his pocket ; ' - such were ...
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... statesmen , and the reading of state papers , - made him more and more con- versant with state affairs , and better able to transact them . He had therefore begun to rely less on any advice , or any adviser , than on his own careful and ...
... statesmen , and the reading of state papers , - made him more and more con- versant with state affairs , and better able to transact them . He had therefore begun to rely less on any advice , or any adviser , than on his own careful and ...
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