A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... Death was the punishment which the law awarded to the gravest and most trivial crimes . The pauper was treated as a criminal , and the administration of the Poor Laws made almost every labourer a pauper . Harsh and oppressive as the ...
... Death was the punishment which the law awarded to the gravest and most trivial crimes . The pauper was treated as a criminal , and the administration of the Poor Laws made almost every labourer a pauper . Harsh and oppressive as the ...
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... Death of George III . The Cato Street Conspiracy The Riot at Glasgow 515 · 515 . 516 . 523 524 529 The Battle of Bonnymuir 530 · CHAPTER VI . Princess Charlotte in 1816 Her Marriage with Prince Leopold Her Death VOL . I. a 533 534 535 ...
... Death of George III . The Cato Street Conspiracy The Riot at Glasgow 515 · 515 . 516 . 523 524 529 The Battle of Bonnymuir 530 · CHAPTER VI . Princess Charlotte in 1816 Her Marriage with Prince Leopold Her Death VOL . I. a 533 534 535 ...
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... Death Death of the Duke of Kent Death of George III . Serious Illness of George IV . The Princess of Wales in Italy . Her Suite Her Chamberlain , Bergami Her Conduct Her Husband's Anxiety for a Divorce Encouraged by Vice - Chancellor ...
... Death Death of the Duke of Kent Death of George III . Serious Illness of George IV . The Princess of Wales in Italy . Her Suite Her Chamberlain , Bergami Her Conduct Her Husband's Anxiety for a Divorce Encouraged by Vice - Chancellor ...
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... Death Her Funeral · Sir Robert Wilson removed from the Army for his Conduct at it The King lands at Dublin His Reception by the Irish INDEX PAGE . 604 604 · 605 606 608 . 609 . 610 • 611 · 613 • 614 616 618 · 619 621 · 623 624 · 627 ...
... Death Her Funeral · Sir Robert Wilson removed from the Army for his Conduct at it The King lands at Dublin His Reception by the Irish INDEX PAGE . 604 604 · 605 606 608 . 609 . 610 • 611 · 613 • 614 616 618 · 619 621 · 623 624 · 627 ...
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... death of its weak king , the calamity of a disputed succession ; England was fretting under the corrupt government of the restored Stuarts . France , in one sentence , was su- preme in Europe ; no two powers were capable of com- bining ...
... death of its weak king , the calamity of a disputed succession ; England was fretting under the corrupt government of the restored Stuarts . France , in one sentence , was su- preme in Europe ; no two powers were capable of com- bining ...
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