A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... court party , and the country party . The influence of the former party was predominant in parliament , but their opponents never failed to offer a vigorous resistance to the imposition of fresh taxes , and the maintenance of a large ...
... court party , and the country party . The influence of the former party was predominant in parliament , but their opponents never failed to offer a vigorous resistance to the imposition of fresh taxes , and the maintenance of a large ...
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... court of his own at Norfolk - house ; while the king issued an order forbidding all those , who visited the court of the prince and princess , from pre- senting themselves at any of the royal palaces . The death of Queen Caroline , on ...
... court of his own at Norfolk - house ; while the king issued an order forbidding all those , who visited the court of the prince and princess , from pre- senting themselves at any of the royal palaces . The death of Queen Caroline , on ...
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... court . His majesty , on these occasions , always appeared in the dress which he had worn when serving under Marlborough , at the battle of Oudenarde . In this suit , which had be- came rather obsolete , did the king strut about the ...
... court . His majesty , on these occasions , always appeared in the dress which he had worn when serving under Marlborough , at the battle of Oudenarde . In this suit , which had be- came rather obsolete , did the king strut about the ...
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... court for himself out of the opposition leaders . On the re- signation of Sir Robert Walpole , the prince's party came into power , and a show of reconciliation was for some time kept up betwixt the king and the heir - apparent , but it ...
... court for himself out of the opposition leaders . On the re- signation of Sir Robert Walpole , the prince's party came into power , and a show of reconciliation was for some time kept up betwixt the king and the heir - apparent , but it ...
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... court made various efforts to buy him over , but in vain ; although his annual in- come , previous to his marriage , did not exceed £ 400 , yet he was inac- cessible to temptation , and , by a strict economy , managed to preserve his ...
... court made various efforts to buy him over , but in vain ; although his annual in- come , previous to his marriage , did not exceed £ 400 , yet he was inac- cessible to temptation , and , by a strict economy , managed to preserve his ...
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