The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents. Churchmen. Dissenters. StatesmenVizetelly, Branston and Company, 1832 |
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... become of his little dean . " He is dead , sir , " was the reply . " Dead ! " said his majesty , " I am sorry for it , for I meant to have done something for him . " Shortly after , the king went a progress into the west of England ...
... become of his little dean . " He is dead , sir , " was the reply . " Dead ! " said his majesty , " I am sorry for it , for I meant to have done something for him . " Shortly after , the king went a progress into the west of England ...
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... become a begging king ; and adding , that he thought it very hard to be constantly opposed in his application for supplies , which it was his intention to employ for the benefit of the nation . The various treaties in which he engaged ...
... become a begging king ; and adding , that he thought it very hard to be constantly opposed in his application for supplies , which it was his intention to employ for the benefit of the nation . The various treaties in which he engaged ...
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... become involved in a war with Spain , arising out of the discontent of the latter power , at the arrangements made by the quadruple alliance , with regard to Sicily and Sardinia . The Spanish fleet had been nearly destroyed by an ...
... become involved in a war with Spain , arising out of the discontent of the latter power , at the arrangements made by the quadruple alliance , with regard to Sicily and Sardinia . The Spanish fleet had been nearly destroyed by an ...
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... become an intolerable burthen , espe- cially on the lower classes of the com- munity . In the month of April , 1728 , the king paid a visit to Cambridge , with a large retinue of persons of rank ; and after dining in the hall of Trinity ...
... become an intolerable burthen , espe- cially on the lower classes of the com- munity . In the month of April , 1728 , the king paid a visit to Cambridge , with a large retinue of persons of rank ; and after dining in the hall of Trinity ...
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... become a brothel , has induced a suspicion that she had no love for the king ; and was , therefore , invulnerable to jealousy . The Duke of Grafton insisted that she loved no- body ; and hearing a tale of a German prince , for whom she ...
... become a brothel , has induced a suspicion that she had no love for the king ; and was , therefore , invulnerable to jealousy . The Duke of Grafton insisted that she loved no- body ; and hearing a tale of a German prince , for whom she ...
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