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Page 72
... matters even worse , the East India Company was being ruined by the loss of almost its best customer . The double ... matter opinion was much more clearly divided than on taxation . The justice , and the feasibility , of the American ...
... matters even worse , the East India Company was being ruined by the loss of almost its best customer . The double ... matter opinion was much more clearly divided than on taxation . The justice , and the feasibility , of the American ...
Page 141
... matter in Parliament for Burke to rise like a fish . Economical reform had a more successful , but a chequered , career . Shelburne thought it good policy to humour the King in small matters , and turned the blind eye to several ...
... matter in Parliament for Burke to rise like a fish . Economical reform had a more successful , but a chequered , career . Shelburne thought it good policy to humour the King in small matters , and turned the blind eye to several ...
Page 198
... matter , until in March , 1785 , Pitt's own followers could tolerate the proceeding no longer . The Prime Minister was outvoted handsomely , and Fox came in for Westminster next day : he subsequently got heavy damages from the returning ...
... matter , until in March , 1785 , Pitt's own followers could tolerate the proceeding no longer . The Prime Minister was outvoted handsomely , and Fox came in for Westminster next day : he subsequently got heavy damages from the returning ...
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