Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... station of his Royal parent and her favourite , be guilty of a more disgraceful breach of duty than to leave the future monarch of a free and enlightened people without the instruction which all but the lower classes of his GEORGE III . 7.
... station of his Royal parent and her favourite , be guilty of a more disgraceful breach of duty than to leave the future monarch of a free and enlightened people without the instruction which all but the lower classes of his GEORGE III . 7.
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... station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predi- cated of one who had the most limited capacity , or the most confined information , and who had little else to re- commend him than the strict sense of his official duties ...
... station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predi- cated of one who had the most limited capacity , or the most confined information , and who had little else to re- commend him than the strict sense of his official duties ...
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... station by thinking for himself , acting according to his conscientious opinion , and using his influence for giving these opinions effect , cannot be denied unless by those who , being averse to monarchy , and yet dreading a ...
... station by thinking for himself , acting according to his conscientious opinion , and using his influence for giving these opinions effect , cannot be denied unless by those who , being averse to monarchy , and yet dreading a ...
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... 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 her settle- ments ...
... 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 her settle- ments ...
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... station , remarkable for a libe- rality on ecclesiastical matters rare in any rank , and any one thing rather than the character painted by the persevering malice and audacious calumnies of Junius , who made him and the Duke of Bedford ...
... station , remarkable for a libe- rality on ecclesiastical matters rare in any rank , and any one thing rather than the character painted by the persevering malice and audacious calumnies of Junius , who made him and the Duke of Bedford ...
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