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Sir Spencer Walpole. LONDON : PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO . , NEW - STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT.
Sir Spencer Walpole. LONDON : PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO . , NEW - STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT.
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... Parliament Agitation for Reform in the Country The Meeting at Peterloo • The Ministry approve the Conduct of the Magistrates Indignation in the Country Lord Fitzwilliam removed from the Lord Lieutenancy of York- 484 484 • 486 • 488 ...
... Parliament Agitation for Reform in the Country The Meeting at Peterloo • The Ministry approve the Conduct of the Magistrates Indignation in the Country Lord Fitzwilliam removed from the Lord Lieutenancy of York- 484 484 • 486 • 488 ...
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... Reception by the Irish . INDEX PAGE 604 604 605 606 608 . . 609 . 610 · 611 · 613 · 614 616 · · 618 619 . 621 · 623 624 • 627 Errata . HISTORY OF ENGLAND . CHAPTER I. CHAP . THE FIRST VOLUME . xvii Parliament Meets PAGE.
... Reception by the Irish . INDEX PAGE 604 604 605 606 608 . . 609 . 610 · 611 · 613 · 614 616 · · 618 619 . 621 · 623 624 • 627 Errata . HISTORY OF ENGLAND . CHAPTER I. CHAP . THE FIRST VOLUME . xvii Parliament Meets PAGE.
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... parliament , elected by a popular suffrage , imposed some kind of control on the actions of his ministers , and the king by the grace of God and the help of foreign soldiery depended for the retention of his power on the favour of his ...
... parliament , elected by a popular suffrage , imposed some kind of control on the actions of his ministers , and the king by the grace of God and the help of foreign soldiery depended for the retention of his power on the favour of his ...
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... Parliament , in granting liberal supplies , wisely insisted on the proper appropriation and audit of the money which they voted . Charles Montagu , subsequently Lord Halifax , who was chancellor of the exchequer at this period , is ...
... Parliament , in granting liberal supplies , wisely insisted on the proper appropriation and audit of the money which they voted . Charles Montagu , subsequently Lord Halifax , who was chancellor of the exchequer at this period , is ...
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