Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... important . Not only the world at large is thus instructed , but the character of statesmen and rulers is improved . Examples are held up of the faults which they are to avoid , and of the virtues which VOL . I. B they are to cultivate ...
... important . Not only the world at large is thus instructed , but the character of statesmen and rulers is improved . Examples are held up of the faults which they are to avoid , and of the virtues which VOL . I. B they are to cultivate ...
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... important period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest ... importance both to himself personally , to the order in which his lot was cast , and to the rest of mankind . Unhappily he ...
... important period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest ... importance both to himself personally , to the order in which his lot was cast , and to the rest of mankind . Unhappily he ...
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... important naval stations . No less than sixteen islands , and settlements , and fortresses of importance , were taken from her in America , and Asia , and Africa , including all her West Indian colonies , except St. Domingo , and all ...
... important naval stations . No less than sixteen islands , and settlements , and fortresses of importance , were taken from her in America , and Asia , and Africa , including all her West Indian colonies , except St. Domingo , and all ...
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... important questions , whether touching our continental or our colonial policy , his opi- nion was to the full as sound , and his views as enlarged , as those of any statesman of his age ; but it would not be correct to affirm that on ...
... important questions , whether touching our continental or our colonial policy , his opi- nion was to the full as sound , and his views as enlarged , as those of any statesman of his age ; but it would not be correct to affirm that on ...
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... important as this . " ( The Pretension of Privilege in the House of Commons ) - " A breach is made in the Constitution - the battlements are dismantled - the citadel is open to the first invader - the walls D 2 LORD CHATHAM . 35.
... important as this . " ( The Pretension of Privilege in the House of Commons ) - " A breach is made in the Constitution - the battlements are dismantled - the citadel is open to the first invader - the walls D 2 LORD CHATHAM . 35.
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