Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... hands , if not altogether inca- pable of performing it satisfactorily , at least incompa- rably inferior in the power of giving vivid likenesses of contemporary statesmen . At the very least , these por- traitures may be regarded as ...
... hands , if not altogether inca- pable of performing it satisfactorily , at least incompa- rably inferior in the power of giving vivid likenesses of contemporary statesmen . At the very least , these por- traitures may be regarded as ...
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... hands of the 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 ...
... hands of the 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 ...
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... hand was despatched , nor ever suffer- ing pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of the matters belonging to his high station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predi- cated of one who had the ...
... hand was despatched , nor ever suffer- ing pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of the matters belonging to his high station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predi- cated of one who had the ...
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... hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he con- fided in , the best possible ...
... hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he con- fided in , the best possible ...
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... hands , and to let his name be used either by men whom he despised , or for purposes which he disapproved . Nor could any one ever accuse him of ruling by favourites ; still less could any one , by pretending to be the people's choice ...
... hands , and to let his name be used either by men whom he despised , or for purposes which he disapproved . Nor could any one ever accuse him of ruling by favourites ; still less could any one , by pretending to be the people's choice ...
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