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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... four 236 26 which whom 99 99 288 1 brother 99 39 99 nephew 410 25 " " 99 99 Sutton Western Western 99 533 13 ill - fated fated " " 99 99 " 9 586 34 " " the four Peers three of the four Peers 99 99 " " 588 1 Parker Parke 29 99 " " 39.
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... four years before , into the sword ; the sword was to be converted into a pruning - hook . The face of Europe had been rudely disfigured by the bloodshed and the burnings , the sieges and the massacres , VOL . I. B I. France . which had ...
... four years before , into the sword ; the sword was to be converted into a pruning - hook . The face of Europe had been rudely disfigured by the bloodshed and the burnings , the sieges and the massacres , VOL . I. B I. France . which had ...
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Sir Spencer Walpole. I. France . which had distinguished the twenty - four preceding years ; but the map of Europe had not been materially changed by the victories and defeats which had taken place in the period . The conqueror of the ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. I. France . which had distinguished the twenty - four preceding years ; but the map of Europe had not been materially changed by the victories and defeats which had taken place in the period . The conqueror of the ...
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... four separate occasions , to raise money by loan , and took the burden of the debt upon its own shoulders . Two more centuries elapsed before the legis- lature , in the reign of Charles II . , formally authorised the crown to issue ...
... four separate occasions , to raise money by loan , and took the burden of the debt upon its own shoulders . Two more centuries elapsed before the legis- lature , in the reign of Charles II . , formally authorised the crown to issue ...
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... four years ending January 5 , 1816 , exceeded 1,500,000,000l . , or averaged more than sixty millions a year , and no less than 1.280,000,000l . ( 832,000,000l . of which were , however , applied to the reduction of debt ) were borrowed ...
... four years ending January 5 , 1816 , exceeded 1,500,000,000l . , or averaged more than sixty millions a year , and no less than 1.280,000,000l . ( 832,000,000l . of which were , however , applied to the reduction of debt ) were borrowed ...
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