A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I. , a schism took place amongst the whigs , in which Lords Sunderland and Stanhope headed one party , and Sir Robert Walpole ...
... principles , but influenced and guided by their different chieftains . " Soon after the accession of George I. , a schism took place amongst the whigs , in which Lords Sunderland and Stanhope headed one party , and Sir Robert Walpole ...
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... principles , I have no right to expect it : but I require , whenever any question is brought forward in the house personally affecting me , you will recollect the favour I am now grant- ing you . " Shippen was the author of several ...
... principles , I have no right to expect it : but I require , whenever any question is brought forward in the house personally affecting me , you will recollect the favour I am now grant- ing you . " Shippen was the author of several ...
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... principle , nor steadiness of conduct . He broke with all parties , he was trusted by none , and he finally dwindled into the insignificance and contempt which he so well merited , and from which even his peer- age could not save him ...
... principle , nor steadiness of conduct . He broke with all parties , he was trusted by none , and he finally dwindled into the insignificance and contempt which he so well merited , and from which even his peer- age could not save him ...
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... principles of government , which his ardent and impetuous temper made him think were the only rational and practicable ones . He would have been a great first minister in France , -little inferior perhaps to Richelieu ; in this ...
... principles of government , which his ardent and impetuous temper made him think were the only rational and practicable ones . He would have been a great first minister in France , -little inferior perhaps to Richelieu ; in this ...
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... principles of his family , and opposed the measures of the tories . His first brilliant display was in Sacheverell's prosecution , when he de- claimed in a very eloquent manner against the high - church doctrines of passive obedience ...
... principles of his family , and opposed the measures of the tories . His first brilliant display was in Sacheverell's prosecution , when he de- claimed in a very eloquent manner against the high - church doctrines of passive obedience ...
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