A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... entered into by the minister , but he was no longer able to make a stand against the clamours of the populace , aided by the propensities of the king himself for military enterprise . The miscarriage of Admirals Vernon and Norris , in ...
... entered into by the minister , but he was no longer able to make a stand against the clamours of the populace , aided by the propensities of the king himself for military enterprise . The miscarriage of Admirals Vernon and Norris , in ...
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... entered into a second marriage . She died in 1824 . Henry Stuart , Cardinal York . BORN A. D. 1725. - DIED A. D. 1807 . HENRY BENEDICT MARIA CLEMENT , the last descendant of the royal line of the Stuarts , was born at Rome , in March ...
... entered into a second marriage . She died in 1824 . Henry Stuart , Cardinal York . BORN A. D. 1725. - DIED A. D. 1807 . HENRY BENEDICT MARIA CLEMENT , the last descendant of the royal line of the Stuarts , was born at Rome , in March ...
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... entered the Inner Temple , and applied himself vigorously to the study of law . His first publication , however , was of a nature somewhat remote from his professional studies . It was entitled , ' An Inquiry into the Consti- tution ...
... entered the Inner Temple , and applied himself vigorously to the study of law . His first publication , however , was of a nature somewhat remote from his professional studies . It was entitled , ' An Inquiry into the Consti- tution ...
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... entered the navy at a very early age , and passed regularly through every gradation of rank , till he reached the very highest in the service . In 1697 , we find him commanding a small frigate , called the Virgin ; and no mention is ...
... entered the navy at a very early age , and passed regularly through every gradation of rank , till he reached the very highest in the service . In 1697 , we find him commanding a small frigate , called the Virgin ; and no mention is ...
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... entered the navy under his father's auspices . In 1727 he became captain of the Gibraltar frigate . In 1745 he was appointed rear - admiral of the blue , in 1747 , vice - admiral . In 1748 he was made vice - admiral of the red ; and in ...
... entered the navy under his father's auspices . In 1727 he became captain of the Gibraltar frigate . In 1745 he was appointed rear - admiral of the blue , in 1747 , vice - admiral . In 1748 he was made vice - admiral of the red ; and in ...
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