Four who Spoke Out: Burke, Fox, Sheridan, Pitt |
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... election laws to slip in three years later at the age of nineteen . A decade and more passed while these two fought their oratorical battles , first as enemies , then as friends , until the election of 1780 brought in their two compeers ...
... election laws to slip in three years later at the age of nineteen . A decade and more passed while these two fought their oratorical battles , first as enemies , then as friends , until the election of 1780 brought in their two compeers ...
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Robert Tarbell Oliver. election expenses in 1784 shows that he paid 284 burgesses 5 £ , five shillings each , besides 86 £ , eleven shillings spent on others of his constituency . His election in 1780 cost him 2,000 £ . In the hotly ...
Robert Tarbell Oliver. election expenses in 1784 shows that he paid 284 burgesses 5 £ , five shillings each , besides 86 £ , eleven shillings spent on others of his constituency . His election in 1780 cost him 2,000 £ . In the hotly ...
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... election which swept 160 of them out of parliament , Fox himself was barely re - elected for Westminster , after a hard cam- paign . His election was disputed , and on June 3 he gave his great speech on the Westminster Scru- tiny . 1786 ...
... election which swept 160 of them out of parliament , Fox himself was barely re - elected for Westminster , after a hard cam- paign . His election was disputed , and on June 3 he gave his great speech on the Westminster Scru- tiny . 1786 ...
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