Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... CHIEF JUSTICE GIRBS 124 SIR WILLIAM GRANT 135 MR . BURKE 142 MR . FOX MR . PITT MR . SHERIDAN 178 · . 195 210 MR . WINDHAM 219 MR . DUNDAS 227 MR . ERSKINE 236 MR . PERCEVAL 246 LORD GRENVILLE 254 PAGE MR . GRATTAN 260 MR . WILBERFORCE ...
... CHIEF JUSTICE GIRBS 124 SIR WILLIAM GRANT 135 MR . BURKE 142 MR . FOX MR . PITT MR . SHERIDAN 178 · . 195 210 MR . WINDHAM 219 MR . DUNDAS 227 MR . ERSKINE 236 MR . PERCEVAL 246 LORD GRENVILLE 254 PAGE MR . GRATTAN 260 MR . WILBERFORCE ...
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... and who would forge fetters for their fellow - creatures or squander their sub- stance or their blood , are exhibited to the scorn and hatred of after - ages . • The chief objection to such a work , undertaken 2 INTRODUCTION .
... and who would forge fetters for their fellow - creatures or squander their sub- stance or their blood , are exhibited to the scorn and hatred of after - ages . • The chief objection to such a work , undertaken 2 INTRODUCTION .
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Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. • The chief objection to such a work , undertaken so soon after the persons whom it undertakes to pourtray have left this earthly scene , arises from the difficulty of preserving strict ...
Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. • The chief objection to such a work , undertaken so soon after the persons whom it undertakes to pourtray have left this earthly scene , arises from the difficulty of preserving strict ...
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... chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not stand by me , they shall have another king , for I never will set my hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived ...
... chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not stand by me , they shall have another king , for I never will set my hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived ...
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... chiefs vied with their comrades on shore in earning the character given them by the new Minister , -of being utterly unfit to be trusted in any enterprise accompanied with the least appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing ...
... chiefs vied with their comrades on shore in earning the character given them by the new Minister , -of being utterly unfit to be trusted in any enterprise accompanied with the least appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing ...
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