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... hands as if he were a private banker . In time of war it was an Eldorado , and in the hands of Henry Fox the Paymaster's share constituted a high , steady , and yet a perfectly legitimate percentage of the total military expenditure ...
... hands as if he were a private banker . In time of war it was an Eldorado , and in the hands of Henry Fox the Paymaster's share constituted a high , steady , and yet a perfectly legitimate percentage of the total military expenditure ...
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... hands , North thought that his honour was in the King's hands . The King became the keeper of the Premier's conscience . He stayed in office , but under protest . Some- times he pleaded ironically : " The nation may yet be saved , but ...
... hands , North thought that his honour was in the King's hands . The King became the keeper of the Premier's conscience . He stayed in office , but under protest . Some- times he pleaded ironically : " The nation may yet be saved , but ...
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... hands . Why , Pitt could ask , was his opponent so anxious to avoid a dissolution ? The whole country could find an ... hand in hand with North and Sandwich and Loughborough . He could never explain why he had deserted Shelburne in the ...
... hands . Why , Pitt could ask , was his opponent so anxious to avoid a dissolution ? The whole country could find an ... hand in hand with North and Sandwich and Loughborough . He could never explain why he had deserted Shelburne in the ...
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