Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 10
... forces down to the marching of a single battalion in the districts of this country , the appointments to all offices in church and state , not only the giving away of judgeships , bishop- rics , regiments , but the subordinate ...
... forces down to the marching of a single battalion in the districts of this country , the appointments to all offices in church and state , not only the giving away of judgeships , bishop- rics , regiments , but the subordinate ...
Page 22
... forces by sea and land menaced our shores . In the dis- tant possessions of the Crown the same want of enter- prise and of spirit prevailed . Armies in the West were paralysed by the inaction of a Captain who would hardly take the pains ...
... forces by sea and land menaced our shores . In the dis- tant possessions of the Crown the same want of enter- prise and of spirit prevailed . Armies in the West were paralysed by the inaction of a Captain who would hardly take the pains ...
Page 24
... force was distri- buted over the various positions whence the enemy might be annoyed . France , attacked on some points , and menaced on others , was compelled to retire from Ger- many , soon afterwards suffered the most disastrous de ...
... force was distri- buted over the various positions whence the enemy might be annoyed . France , attacked on some points , and menaced on others , was compelled to retire from Ger- many , soon afterwards suffered the most disastrous de ...
Page 27
... force your way where you can win it ; and always disdained to insinuate where he could dash in , or to persuade where he could command . It thus happened that his colleagues were but nominally coadjutors , and though they durst not ...
... force your way where you can win it ; and always disdained to insinuate where he could dash in , or to persuade where he could command . It thus happened that his colleagues were but nominally coadjutors , and though they durst not ...
Page 41
... forces of the Crown . It may be frail - its roof * There hangs so much doubt upon the charge brought against Lord Chatham , of having himself employed the Indians in the former war , that the subject is reserved for the Appendix . may ...
... forces of the Crown . It may be frail - its roof * There hangs so much doubt upon the charge brought against Lord Chatham , of having himself employed the Indians in the former war , that the subject is reserved for the Appendix . may ...
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