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Page 134
... sent a tart and ambiguous answer to the Commons , and sent for the royal yacht to take him back to Hanover . North resigned several times a day , only to be told that he was never more badly needed than now , that the budget was not ...
... sent a tart and ambiguous answer to the Commons , and sent for the royal yacht to take him back to Hanover . North resigned several times a day , only to be told that he was never more badly needed than now , that the budget was not ...
Page 175
... sent it to Thurlow for his opinion on it . That opinion was crushing : the bill was " a plan to take more than half the royal power , and by that means disable the King for the rest of his reign . " The King then sent for his sagacious ...
... sent it to Thurlow for his opinion on it . That opinion was crushing : the bill was " a plan to take more than half the royal power , and by that means disable the King for the rest of his reign . " The King then sent for his sagacious ...
Page 249
... sent away with contemptuous refusal , as soon as it was found that he had come without the necessary bribes . Of course the November decree was an empty threat : of course , the promises that the Convention sent to societies in ...
... sent away with contemptuous refusal , as soon as it was found that he had come without the necessary bribes . Of course the November decree was an empty threat : of course , the promises that the Convention sent to societies in ...
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