Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... prince whose long reign during by far the most important period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest interest not only to the people of his vast dominions , but to all mankind ...
... prince whose long reign during by far the most important period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest interest not only to the people of his vast dominions , but to all mankind ...
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... Prince , who must succeed him , was unlike him , and , being disliked by him , must , during their joint lives , be thrown into the hands of the Whig party , the adversaries he most of all detested and feared . Although much of the ...
... Prince , who must succeed him , was unlike him , and , being disliked by him , must , during their joint lives , be thrown into the hands of the Whig party , the adversaries he most of all detested and feared . Although much of the ...
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... prince who ever sat upon the throne of this country since our monarchy was distinctly admitted to be a limited one , and its executive functions were dis- tributed among responsible ministers . The correspond- ence which he carried on ...
... prince who ever sat upon the throne of this country since our monarchy was distinctly admitted to be a limited one , and its executive functions were dis- tributed among responsible ministers . The correspond- ence which he carried on ...
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... Prince in his private life had many virtues , we have already stated , with the qualification annexed of these being always , even as regarded his strong domestic affections , kept in subjection to his feelings as a sovereign . With ...
... Prince in his private life had many virtues , we have already stated , with the qualification annexed of these being always , even as regarded his strong domestic affections , kept in subjection to his feelings as a sovereign . With ...
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... " 66 Again , in 1777 , after describing the cause of the war and the traffic and barter driven with every little pitiful German Prince that sells his subjects to the shambles of a foreign country , " he adds 38 LORD CHATHAM .
... " 66 Again , in 1777 , after describing the cause of the war and the traffic and barter driven with every little pitiful German Prince that sells his subjects to the shambles of a foreign country , " he adds 38 LORD CHATHAM .
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