Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 58
... Lord Chatham , Lord Rock- ingham , and the rest of the Whigs , to oppose the Grafton ministry . They succeeded in nineteen days : the Duke resigned on the twenty - eighth of the same month . But the Whigs did not profit by their victory ...
... Lord Chatham , Lord Rock- ingham , and the rest of the Whigs , to oppose the Grafton ministry . They succeeded in nineteen days : the Duke resigned on the twenty - eighth of the same month . But the Whigs did not profit by their victory ...
Page 189
... Lord North , after their bitter animosities and the glaring contrast of their principles on almost every question in poli- tics , seemed utterly incredible . There was nothing of a per- sonal nature to prevent an arrangement between Lord ...
... Lord North , after their bitter animosities and the glaring contrast of their principles on almost every question in poli- tics , seemed utterly incredible . There was nothing of a per- sonal nature to prevent an arrangement between Lord ...
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... Lord Chatham's fame and principles this may seem probable ; but it is a mere hypothesis , without the least evidence to support it . It is probably true that Lord Chatham's withdrawal from public business was not owing to direct ...
... Lord Chatham's fame and principles this may seem probable ; but it is a mere hypothesis , without the least evidence to support it . It is probably true that Lord Chatham's withdrawal from public business was not owing to direct ...
Contents
SIR JOHN ELIOT | 3 |
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | 19 |
LORD MANSFIELD | 69 |
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Essays from Select British Eloquence: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Chauncey Allen Goodrich No preview available - 2012 |
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