A History of the Four Georges, Том 2Chatto & Windus, 1890 |
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... reasons which in our opinion justified its passing . It cannot be questioned that there is much to be said in favour of the principle of short Parliaments , but in Walpole's time the one great object of true statesmanship was to ...
... reasons which in our opinion justified its passing . It cannot be questioned that there is much to be said in favour of the principle of short Parliaments , but in Walpole's time the one great object of true statesmanship was to ...
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... reason , ignorant and unacquainted with the inclinations and the interest of his people , weak , and hurried away by unbounded ambition and insatiable avarice . Could any greater curse befall a nation than such a prince on the throne ...
... reason , ignorant and unacquainted with the inclinations and the interest of his people , weak , and hurried away by unbounded ambition and insatiable avarice . Could any greater curse befall a nation than such a prince on the throne ...
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... reason to believe that it gave a certain secret satisfaction to many of those who most steadily supported Walpole by their votes . But Walpole was not by any means the sort of man whom it is quite safe to visit with such an attack . The ...
... reason to believe that it gave a certain secret satisfaction to many of those who most steadily supported Walpole by their votes . But Walpole was not by any means the sort of man whom it is quite safe to visit with such an attack . The ...
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... reason why the grant was asked in a manner which would not be thought endurable in our days was that the Government well knew the King him- self cared as little about the marriage as the people did , and were of opinion that , the more ...
... reason why the grant was asked in a manner which would not be thought endurable in our days was that the Government well knew the King him- self cared as little about the marriage as the people did , and were of opinion that , the more ...
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... reason . It is almost a pity for the amusement of posterity that the duel did not come off . It would have almost been a pity , if the fight had come off , that both the combatants should not have been killed . The King of Prussia and ...
... reason . It is almost a pity for the amusement of posterity that the duel did not come off . It would have almost been a pity , if the fight had come off , that both the combatants should not have been killed . The King of Prussia and ...
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