A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... engaged at the world's end ; the people were complaining bitterly of war , oppression , and taxes ; and two parties were struggling fiercely for political preponderance in the affairs of government . It was at such a crisis that the ...
... engaged at the world's end ; the people were complaining bitterly of war , oppression , and taxes ; and two parties were struggling fiercely for political preponderance in the affairs of government . It was at such a crisis that the ...
Page 17
... engaged , and to shelter himself from its consequences , —dictated the movement which was then adopted . Vestigia nulla retrorsum had been his motto from the beginning . When retreat was determined upon - contrary to his arguments ...
... engaged , and to shelter himself from its consequences , —dictated the movement which was then adopted . Vestigia nulla retrorsum had been his motto from the beginning . When retreat was determined upon - contrary to his arguments ...
Page 59
... engaged to support the princess and her son , and oppose the duke . His majesty , on his return , finding his grandson prejudiced against the marriage which he had projected for hiin , at once gave it up ; but the princess pursued her ...
... engaged to support the princess and her son , and oppose the duke . His majesty , on his return , finding his grandson prejudiced against the marriage which he had projected for hiin , at once gave it up ; but the princess pursued her ...
Page 63
... engaged with a motion for the reduction of the land - forces , with the disposal of the forfeited estates of the South sea company , and the princess - royal's marriage- settlement bill ; on all of which measures Carteret displayed ...
... engaged with a motion for the reduction of the land - forces , with the disposal of the forfeited estates of the South sea company , and the princess - royal's marriage- settlement bill ; on all of which measures Carteret displayed ...
Page 69
... engaged very successfully on his own account . Before he was nineteen years of age , he quitted the society of quakers , and , being baptized by Compton , bishop of London , con- tinued a member of the established church till his death ...
... engaged very successfully on his own account . Before he was nineteen years of age , he quitted the society of quakers , and , being baptized by Compton , bishop of London , con- tinued a member of the established church till his death ...
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