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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... wrote Romilly of his speech on the peace , ' that among other articles carried from Paris , under pretence of restoring them to their rightful owners , were the Corinthian horses which had been brought from Venice ; but how strange an ...
... wrote Romilly of his speech on the peace , ' that among other articles carried from Paris , under pretence of restoring them to their rightful owners , were the Corinthian horses which had been brought from Venice ; but how strange an ...
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... wrote the Craftsman ' in 1736 , when the debt was under 50,000,000l . , is the source of all those calamities and gloomy prospects of which we have so much reason to complain . To this has been owing that multiplicity of burthensome ...
... wrote the Craftsman ' in 1736 , when the debt was under 50,000,000l . , is the source of all those calamities and gloomy prospects of which we have so much reason to complain . To this has been owing that multiplicity of burthensome ...
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... wrote Mr. Hannay in 1756 , that we may increase our debt to 100,000,000l . , but they acknowledge that it must then cease by the debtor becoming bankrupt . ' The ruinous effects of it ( the debt ) , ' wrote Hume in 1778 , are now become ...
... wrote Mr. Hannay in 1756 , that we may increase our debt to 100,000,000l . , but they acknowledge that it must then cease by the debtor becoming bankrupt . ' The ruinous effects of it ( the debt ) , ' wrote Hume in 1778 , are now become ...
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... wrote , Macaulay tells us that in the days of Charles II . the three chief towns of England were London , Bristol , and Norwich . Next to them in importance were York , the capital of the North , and Exeter , the capital of the West ...
... wrote , Macaulay tells us that in the days of Charles II . the three chief towns of England were London , Bristol , and Norwich . Next to them in importance were York , the capital of the North , and Exeter , the capital of the West ...
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... wrote he in rhyme - which proves that his education had not been useless - to Burns . At twenty - five years of age , or in 1782 , Telford set out for London , where he was employed , as an ordinary mason , on Somerset House . The ...
... wrote he in rhyme - which proves that his education had not been useless - to Burns . At twenty - five years of age , or in 1782 , Telford set out for London , where he was employed , as an ordinary mason , on Somerset House . The ...
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