Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... turns . The habits of friendship , the ties of blood , the dictates of conscience , the rules of honesty , were alike forgotten ; and the fury of the tyrant , with the resources of a cun- ning which mental alienation is supposed to whet ...
... turns . The habits of friendship , the ties of blood , the dictates of conscience , the rules of honesty , were alike forgotten ; and the fury of the tyrant , with the resources of a cun- ning which mental alienation is supposed to whet ...
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... turn for support when their rights are invaded by one another's encroach- ments , or to claim the Royal umpirage when their mutual conflicts cannot be settled by mutual concessions ; and un- less the whole notion of a mixed monarchy ...
... turn for support when their rights are invaded by one another's encroach- ments , or to claim the Royal umpirage when their mutual conflicts cannot be settled by mutual concessions ; and un- less the whole notion of a mixed monarchy ...
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... turn the eye upon so amiable a contrast as the following affords , written to the minister whom he ever loved beyond all his other servants , and only quitted when the Coalition united him to the Whigs : - " Having paid the last arrears ...
... turn the eye upon so amiable a contrast as the following affords , written to the minister whom he ever loved beyond all his other servants , and only quitted when the Coalition united him to the Whigs : - " Having paid the last arrears ...
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... turn the tide of public opinion against him , and prepare his downfall from a height of which they felt that there was no one but himself able to dispossess him . The true test of a great man - that at least which must secure his place ...
... turn the tide of public opinion against him , and prepare his downfall from a height of which they felt that there was no one but himself able to dispossess him . The true test of a great man - that at least which must secure his place ...
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... but it would not be correct to affirm that on those , the cardinal , and there- fore the trying , points of the day , he was materially in advance of his own times . If we turn from the statesman to survey the orator LORD CHATHAM . 29.
... but it would not be correct to affirm that on those , the cardinal , and there- fore the trying , points of the day , he was materially in advance of his own times . If we turn from the statesman to survey the orator LORD CHATHAM . 29.
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