A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... afterwards alluded to it , it was supposed that the late king's testamentary arrange- ments were not satisfactory to his son . In the first parliament of George II . , which assembled on the 23d of January , 1728 , parties dropped their ...
... afterwards alluded to it , it was supposed that the late king's testamentary arrange- ments were not satisfactory to his son . In the first parliament of George II . , which assembled on the 23d of January , 1728 , parties dropped their ...
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... afterwards , the proposal for his marriage with the princess- royal of Prussia was made by his father . The ludicrous issue of this negotiation has already been detailed . The old duchess of Marl- borough next undertook to find the ...
... afterwards , the proposal for his marriage with the princess- royal of Prussia was made by his father . The ludicrous issue of this negotiation has already been detailed . The old duchess of Marl- borough next undertook to find the ...
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... afterwards made sensible of his misconduct , when it was too late to repair it for from this era may truly be dated the ruin of his cause ; which , for the future , can only subsist in the non - juring con- gregations , which are ...
... afterwards made sensible of his misconduct , when it was too late to repair it for from this era may truly be dated the ruin of his cause ; which , for the future , can only subsist in the non - juring con- gregations , which are ...
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... afterwards withdrawn from that station to take command of the channel fleet . In 1743 he was ap- pointed admiral of the white ; and , in the same year , he succeeded Si . John Jennings in the governorship of Greenwich hospital . Next ...
... afterwards withdrawn from that station to take command of the channel fleet . In 1743 he was ap- pointed admiral of the white ; and , in the same year , he succeeded Si . John Jennings in the governorship of Greenwich hospital . Next ...
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... afterwards on the Newfoundland station . Immediately after the acces- sion of Queen Anne , he was appointed to the Orford , of seventy guns , one of the fleet sent on the expedition against Cadiz . On his passage thither , he had the ...
... afterwards on the Newfoundland station . Immediately after the acces- sion of Queen Anne , he was appointed to the Orford , of seventy guns , one of the fleet sent on the expedition against Cadiz . On his passage thither , he had the ...
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