A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 5George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... writing , the period of the second George can show some worthy names . Balguy , and Doddridge , and Hoadly , and Sherlock , and Berkeley , and Butler , and Warburton , with a host of distinguished theologians and metaphysicians , adorn ...
... writing , the period of the second George can show some worthy names . Balguy , and Doddridge , and Hoadly , and Sherlock , and Berkeley , and Butler , and Warburton , with a host of distinguished theologians and metaphysicians , adorn ...
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... writers : " The king , " says he , writing in 1758 , " is in his 75th year ; but temperance and an excellent constitution have hitherto preserved him from many of the infirmities of old age . He has a good understanding , though not of ...
... writers : " The king , " says he , writing in 1758 , " is in his 75th year ; but temperance and an excellent constitution have hitherto preserved him from many of the infirmities of old age . He has a good understanding , though not of ...
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... manuscript of this work , in the prince's hand - writing , is reported to have been found amongst the papers of Ralph the historian . Al & and indi William Augustus , Duke of Cumberland 12 [ SEVENTII POLITICAL SERIES .
... manuscript of this work , in the prince's hand - writing , is reported to have been found amongst the papers of Ralph the historian . Al & and indi William Augustus , Duke of Cumberland 12 [ SEVENTII POLITICAL SERIES .
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... writing on the spur of the moment , lies open as a prize to the first comers , whether Scotch or Dutch ; and a letter from Gray to Horace Walpole paints an indif- ference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic ...
... writing on the spur of the moment , lies open as a prize to the first comers , whether Scotch or Dutch ; and a letter from Gray to Horace Walpole paints an indif- ference yet more ominous to the public cause than the general panic ...
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... writing a letter to General Townshend , recommending the French prisoners " to that generous humanity , by which the British nation has been always dis- tinguished . " He died in Quebec a few days after the battle . His second in ...
... writing a letter to General Townshend , recommending the French prisoners " to that generous humanity , by which the British nation has been always dis- tinguished . " He died in Quebec a few days after the battle . His second in ...
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