Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest interest not only to the people of his vast dominions , but to all mankind . He presided over the destinies of the British Empire , the ...
... period in the history of the human race , rendered his character and conduct a matter of the deepest interest not only to the people of his vast dominions , but to all mankind . He presided over the destinies of the British Empire , the ...
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... period his cor- respondence with that great man was most friendly . But the following is his answer to Lord North's pro- posal that Lord Chatham's pension should be settled in reversion on his younger son , afterwards so well known as ...
... period his cor- respondence with that great man was most friendly . But the following is his answer to Lord North's pro- posal that Lord Chatham's pension should be settled in reversion on his younger son , afterwards so well known as ...
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... period they were given under feigned names , as if held in the Senate of Rome by the ancient orators and statesmen ; at another they were conveyed under the initials only of the names borne by the real speakers . Even when , somewhat ...
... period they were given under feigned names , as if held in the Senate of Rome by the ancient orators and statesmen ; at another they were conveyed under the initials only of the names borne by the real speakers . Even when , somewhat ...
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... periods , balanced antitheses , and total want of pure racy English , betray their author at every line , while each debater is made to speak exactly in the same manner . For some years after he ceased to report , or rather to ...
... periods , balanced antitheses , and total want of pure racy English , betray their author at every line , while each debater is made to speak exactly in the same manner . For some years after he ceased to report , or rather to ...
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... period of the Coalition . It is no doubt a commonly - received notion , and was at one time an article of belief among the popular party , that Lord Bute continued his secret adviser after the termination of his short administration ...
... period of the Coalition . It is no doubt a commonly - received notion , and was at one time an article of belief among the popular party , that Lord Bute continued his secret adviser after the termination of his short administration ...
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