Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... Whig party , the adversaries he most of all detested and feared . Although much of the character now portrayed had its origin in natural defect , and part of it in a mind tinged with disease , yet they who had the care of his youth are ...
... Whig party , the adversaries he most of all detested and feared . Although much of the character now portrayed had its origin in natural defect , and part of it in a mind tinged with disease , yet they who had the care of his youth are ...
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... Whigs and the French unconnected with pre- * This was in 1777 , in the middle of the most anxious moment of the American contest ; the letter immediately preceding relates to the sum of affairs . the part they both took in behalf of the ...
... Whigs and the French unconnected with pre- * This was in 1777 , in the middle of the most anxious moment of the American contest ; the letter immediately preceding relates to the sum of affairs . the part they both took in behalf of the ...
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... Whigs into his confidence , or do what he called " submit- ting to be trampled on by his enemies , " he at one time ... Whig party proposed by his chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not stand by me ...
... Whigs into his confidence , or do what he called " submit- ting to be trampled on by his enemies , " he at one time ... Whig party proposed by his chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not stand by me ...
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... Whig doctrine , much more nearly answers this somewhat coarse description ; for the Abbé's plan was to give his royal beast a sub- stantial voice in the distribution of all patronage ; while our lion is only to have the sad prerogative ...
... Whig doctrine , much more nearly answers this somewhat coarse description ; for the Abbé's plan was to give his royal beast a sub- stantial voice in the distribution of all patronage ; while our lion is only to have the sad prerogative ...
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... Whigs : - " Having paid the last arrears ( Sept. 1777 ) on the Civil List , I must now do the same for you . I have understood , from your hints , that you have been in debt ever since you settled in life . I must therefore GEORGE III . 15.
... Whigs : - " Having paid the last arrears ( Sept. 1777 ) on the Civil List , I must now do the same for you . I have understood , from your hints , that you have been in debt ever since you settled in life . I must therefore GEORGE III . 15.
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