George the Third, His Court, and Family, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1824 |
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... , was highly honourable to his personal character ; and of this he exhibited a remarkable instance , on the arrival of VOL . II . B intelligence of Lord Cornwallis's surrender at York Town , which GEORGE THE THIRD, ...
... , was highly honourable to his personal character ; and of this he exhibited a remarkable instance , on the arrival of VOL . II . B intelligence of Lord Cornwallis's surrender at York Town , which GEORGE THE THIRD, ...
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... arrival , a political party dined with Lord George Germain , who had received the intelligence , and despatched it to His Majesty , from whom a note shortly after- wards was brought to the minister , who observed to Lord Walsingham ...
... arrival , a political party dined with Lord George Germain , who had received the intelligence , and despatched it to His Majesty , from whom a note shortly after- wards was brought to the minister , who observed to Lord Walsingham ...
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... arrival of the British North Sea fleet , after the action off the Dogger Bank , the King determined to pay a visit to the gallant Hyde Parker ; and accordingly , on the seventeenth of September , he and the Prince of Wales , embarking ...
... arrival of the British North Sea fleet , after the action off the Dogger Bank , the King determined to pay a visit to the gallant Hyde Parker ; and accordingly , on the seventeenth of September , he and the Prince of Wales , embarking ...
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... arrival , by the left hand , the Princess Sophia and Prince Octavius doing the same with her right , the King nodded and smiled upon her infant conductors , bidding them lead her up to the Queen , who stood in the middle of the room ...
... arrival , by the left hand , the Princess Sophia and Prince Octavius doing the same with her right , the King nodded and smiled upon her infant conductors , bidding them lead her up to the Queen , who stood in the middle of the room ...
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... Carmarthen invited me to go with him in his coach to court . When we arrived in It was on the seventeenth of February that the memorable 14 1783 . GEORGE THE THIRD , A more detailed statement of this interview was given ...
... Carmarthen invited me to go with him in his coach to court . When we arrived in It was on the seventeenth of February that the memorable 14 1783 . GEORGE THE THIRD , A more detailed statement of this interview was given ...
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