Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 9
... never wanting when his mechanical interposi- tion was required , always ready to continue at work until the affair in hand was despatched , nor ever suffer- ing pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of ...
... never wanting when his mechanical interposi- tion was required , always ready to continue at work until the affair in hand was despatched , nor ever suffer- ing pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of ...
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... never will set my 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 ...
... never will set my 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 ...
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... that had ever been 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 .
... that had ever been 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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... never have suffered to sit even as puisnè lords at his boards , yet were one like himself again to govern the country , the Admiralty chief , who might be far inferior to Lord Anson , would never submit to the humiliation inflicted upon ...
... never have suffered to sit even as puisnè lords at his boards , yet were one like himself again to govern the country , the Admiralty chief , who might be far inferior to Lord Anson , would never submit to the humiliation inflicted upon ...
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... never to 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 ...
... never to 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 ...
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