Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 22
... circumstances more inauspicious to mili- tary exertions ; and yet war raged in every quarter of the world where our dominion extended , while the ter- ritories of our only ally , as well as those of our own sovereign in Germany , were ...
... circumstances more inauspicious to mili- tary exertions ; and yet war raged in every quarter of the world where our dominion extended , while the ter- ritories of our only ally , as well as those of our own sovereign in Germany , were ...
Page 27
... circumstances of society , or changed those so as to better its condition ; has been one of the lights of the world , or only reflected the borrowed rays of former luminaries , and sat in the same shade with the rest of his generation ...
... circumstances of society , or changed those so as to better its condition ; has been one of the lights of the world , or only reflected the borrowed rays of former luminaries , and sat in the same shade with the rest of his generation ...
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... circumstances in which he was called upon to advise or to act , than as indicating that he had seen very far into future times , and anticipated the philosophy which further experience should teach to our more 28 LORD CHATHAM .
... circumstances in which he was called upon to advise or to act , than as indicating that he had seen very far into future times , and anticipated the philosophy which further experience should teach to our more 28 LORD CHATHAM .
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... circumstance of Lord Chatham having himself revised this speech is an in- ducement to insert it here at length . 66 ' I am astonished , " exclaimed Lord Chatham , as he rose , " shocked , to hear such principles confessed , to hear them ...
... circumstance of Lord Chatham having himself revised this speech is an in- ducement to insert it here at length . 66 ' I am astonished , " exclaimed Lord Chatham , as he rose , " shocked , to hear such principles confessed , to hear them ...
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... circumstance , proposed to parliament ; for it is well known that he then had so much regard for the Dowager Princess , as to turn out George Grenville because he passed her over as Regent . Consequently , the discovery which we are ...
... circumstance , proposed to parliament ; for it is well known that he then had so much regard for the Dowager Princess , as to turn out George Grenville because he passed her over as Regent . Consequently , the discovery which we are ...
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