A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... parliament of George II . , which assembled on the 23d of January , 1728 , parties dropped their old appellations , and began to be distinguished according as they supported or opposed ministers , as the town or court party , and the ...
... parliament of George II . , which assembled on the 23d of January , 1728 , parties dropped their old appellations , and began to be distinguished according as they supported or opposed ministers , as the town or court party , and the ...
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... parliament for the borough of Beer - Alston in his native county , which place he continued to represent during five successive parliaments . Pursuing his ecclesiastical researches , he published , in 1702 , The History of the Apostles ...
... parliament for the borough of Beer - Alston in his native county , which place he continued to represent during five successive parliaments . Pursuing his ecclesiastical researches , he published , in 1702 , The History of the Apostles ...
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... parliament , until the period of his death , Shippen was an undisguised advocate of the claims of the house of Stuart . His talents were so formidable , that the court made various efforts to buy him over , but in vain ; although his ...
... parliament , until the period of his death , Shippen was an undisguised advocate of the claims of the house of Stuart . His talents were so formidable , that the court made various efforts to buy him over , but in vain ; although his ...
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... parliament for the city of Westminster ; and , on the 12th of May , 1748 , was promoted to be vice - admiral of the red . A violent inflam- matory fever put a period to his existence on the 29th of July , 1752 . Horatio , Lord Walpole ...
... parliament for the city of Westminster ; and , on the 12th of May , 1748 , was promoted to be vice - admiral of the red . A violent inflam- matory fever put a period to his existence on the 29th of July , 1752 . Horatio , Lord Walpole ...
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... parliament for the town of Ipswich , nigh to which he held considerable landed property . Being a man of great natural abilities , and possessed of a fluent though course mode of delivering his sentiments , he was considered by minis ...
... parliament for the town of Ipswich , nigh to which he held considerable landed property . Being a man of great natural abilities , and possessed of a fluent though course mode of delivering his sentiments , he was considered by minis ...
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