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Page 40
... favour . The eighteenth century had run two thirds of its course un- noticed by the Lowthers , who still ruled Cumberland as the Lords Marchers had ruled Wales , or as Argyll had ruled the Highlands . When the discomfiture of the Whigs ...
... favour . The eighteenth century had run two thirds of its course un- noticed by the Lowthers , who still ruled Cumberland as the Lords Marchers had ruled Wales , or as Argyll had ruled the Highlands . When the discomfiture of the Whigs ...
Page 56
... favour , for which his acute intelligence and raffish private life qualified him well enough . Horne had a most useful friend in a Mr. Tooke , who subsequently left him a small fortune together with the second name by which he is best ...
... favour , for which his acute intelligence and raffish private life qualified him well enough . Horne had a most useful friend in a Mr. Tooke , who subsequently left him a small fortune together with the second name by which he is best ...
Page 194
... favour takes a zealous part ; But oh where'er the pilferer comes , beware ! She supplicates a vote , but steals a heart . " From the moment of Georgiana's intervention the tide turned . The ministers had no weapons to retaliate : Lady ...
... favour takes a zealous part ; But oh where'er the pilferer comes , beware ! She supplicates a vote , but steals a heart . " From the moment of Georgiana's intervention the tide turned . The ministers had no weapons to retaliate : Lady ...
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