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Page 85
... conduct of a party approved himself equal to the conduct of an empire . " Such was the Parlia- mentary scene , through the eyes of one who chose his epithets more carefully than his politics . 2. ROCKINGHAM SECEDES , 1776 " The ...
... conduct of a party approved himself equal to the conduct of an empire . " Such was the Parlia- mentary scene , through the eyes of one who chose his epithets more carefully than his politics . 2. ROCKINGHAM SECEDES , 1776 " The ...
Page 135
... conduct of a party , " Gibbon had said , " he approved himself equal to the conduct of an empire . " That remained to be seen . 1 CHAPTER ELEVEN 1. CABINET - MAKING , 1782 THE 135.
... conduct of a party , " Gibbon had said , " he approved himself equal to the conduct of an empire . " That remained to be seen . 1 CHAPTER ELEVEN 1. CABINET - MAKING , 1782 THE 135.
Page 296
... conduct during the Regency crisis of 1788 is the exact counterpart of Shaftesbury's conduct over the Exclusion Bill of 1679. The one saw his ruin , the other saw his only glimmering of hope , when the Court should fall into other hands ...
... conduct during the Regency crisis of 1788 is the exact counterpart of Shaftesbury's conduct over the Exclusion Bill of 1679. The one saw his ruin , the other saw his only glimmering of hope , when the Court should fall into other hands ...
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