FoxConstable & Company, Limited, 1934 - 320 pages |
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Page 74
... honour is in his 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 ...
... honour is in his 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 ...
Page 110
... honour was not safe in the hands of the Secretary for War . General Howe had a brother , Admiral Lord Howe , who was commanding the fleet in American waters . At the outbreak of war with France , the Toulon fleet set out for America ...
... honour was not safe in the hands of the Secretary for War . General Howe had a brother , Admiral Lord Howe , who was commanding the fleet in American waters . At the outbreak of war with France , the Toulon fleet set out for America ...
Page 172
... honour for the excellence of his motives . Let him be given honour in its least perishable form , in the language of Burke : " It will be a distinction honourable to the age , that the rescue of the greatest number of the human race ...
... honour for the excellence of his motives . Let him be given honour in its least perishable form , in the language of Burke : " It will be a distinction honourable to the age , that the rescue of the greatest number of the human race ...
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