A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... course which the Revolution took was horrible , but its excesses may more justly be attributed to the pre- vious conduct of the court than to the ferocity of the people . The farther the arrow is drawn back the farther it will fly , the ...
... course which the Revolution took was horrible , but its excesses may more justly be attributed to the pre- vious conduct of the court than to the ferocity of the people . The farther the arrow is drawn back the farther it will fly , the ...
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... course of the Revolution was de- cided . Revolutionary excess found a vent in the passion for military aggrandisement , and France turned against her neighbours the arms which she had been employing against her own citizens . From that ...
... course of the Revolution was de- cided . Revolutionary excess found a vent in the passion for military aggrandisement , and France turned against her neighbours the arms which she had been employing against her own citizens . From that ...
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... course of it every power but one deserted in turn the cause which had been undertaken in common ; every power but one suffered the penalty of a French invasion . England alone , with one short interval of peace , persevered from the ...
... course of it every power but one deserted in turn the cause which had been undertaken in common ; every power but one suffered the penalty of a French invasion . England alone , with one short interval of peace , persevered from the ...
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... course , necessitated a resort to heavy taxation . In 1792 , when the United Kingdom was still at peace , the entire expenditure of the nation had not reached 20,000,000l . During the three last years of the great war the expenditure ...
... course , necessitated a resort to heavy taxation . In 1792 , when the United Kingdom was still at peace , the entire expenditure of the nation had not reached 20,000,000l . During the three last years of the great war the expenditure ...
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... course very burdensome to the poorer householders . It was 1 The amount is given by Philips as 13,000l . , and by Camden as 14,000l . Naunton simply says that the amount was doubled ; and Sinclair , from whom these references are taken ...
... course very burdensome to the poorer householders . It was 1 The amount is given by Philips as 13,000l . , and by Camden as 14,000l . Naunton simply says that the amount was doubled ; and Sinclair , from whom these references are taken ...
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