Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... course , was a matter of the greatest importance both to himself personally , to the order in which his lot was cast , and to the rest of mankind . Unhappily he took the wrong direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with ...
... course , was a matter of the greatest importance both to himself personally , to the order in which his lot was cast , and to the rest of mankind . Unhappily he took the wrong direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with ...
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... course ? Being not deficient in natural quickness , and the more regularly industrious because of his habitually temperate life , he made himself thoroughly master of all the ordi- nary details of business ; insomuch that the same high ...
... course ? Being not deficient in natural quickness , and the more regularly industrious because of his habitually temperate life , he made himself thoroughly master of all the ordi- nary details of business ; insomuch that the same high ...
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... course towards that goal , he disregarded alike the frowns of powers and the gales of popular applause , exposed himself undaunted to the vengeance of the Court , while he battled against its corruptions , and confronted , unappalled ...
... course towards that goal , he disregarded alike the frowns of powers and the gales of popular applause , exposed himself undaunted to the vengeance of the Court , while he battled against its corruptions , and confronted , unappalled ...
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... fought by our navy . Thirty - six sail of the line were taken or destroyed ; fifty frigates ; forty - five sloops of war . So brilliant a course of uninterrupted success had never , in modern times , 24 LORD CHATHAM .
... fought by our navy . Thirty - six sail of the line were taken or destroyed ; fifty frigates ; forty - five sloops of war . So brilliant a course of uninterrupted success had never , in modern times , 24 LORD CHATHAM .
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... course of publication by the family of Lord Chatham , because the answers have since been recovered ; and it contains a great body of other letters both to and from him . Amongst the latter , are to be found constant tokens of his ...
... course of publication by the family of Lord Chatham , because the answers have since been recovered ; and it contains a great body of other letters both to and from him . Amongst the latter , are to be found constant tokens of his ...
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