FoxConstable & Company, Limited, 1934 - 320 pages |
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Page 15
... once were popular in the country . George the Third realised that he must put an end to the war if he ever wished to be rid of the minister . Within two years he had put his old tutor , Bute , the arch - enemy of the Whigs , in power ...
... once were popular in the country . George the Third realised that he must put an end to the war if he ever wished to be rid of the minister . Within two years he had put his old tutor , Bute , the arch - enemy of the Whigs , in power ...
Page 81
... once in his life published one : " I always hated the thought of any of my speeches being published , " he said , and with good reason . They depended on the juncture of the debate , and without their context are often meaningless ...
... once in his life published one : " I always hated the thought of any of my speeches being published , " he said , and with good reason . They depended on the juncture of the debate , and without their context are often meaningless ...
Page 309
... once . " Fox decided to have him , but , sure enough , after a few months he had to go . His inclusion was the death- blow to the hopes of the Irish Catholics . No cabinet with Addington in it would ever grant emancipation . So that ...
... once . " Fox decided to have him , but , sure enough , after a few months he had to go . His inclusion was the death- blow to the hopes of the Irish Catholics . No cabinet with Addington in it would ever grant emancipation . So that ...
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