Speeches in Parliament: Of the Right Honourable William Windham, Том 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... Government , to be applied towards carrying on the war with our American colonies . It was on the 28th of January 1778 , at a meeting of gentlemen of the county of Norfolk , held at Norwich , that Mr. Wind- ham gave the first promise of ...
... Government , to be applied towards carrying on the war with our American colonies . It was on the 28th of January 1778 , at a meeting of gentlemen of the county of Norfolk , held at Norwich , that Mr. Wind- ham gave the first promise of ...
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... government . Mr. Windham assured the gentleman he should be happy to present a person so strongly recommended by Mr. Burke with a much greater piece of preferment than that requested ; but that it was his fixed determination , should he ...
... government . Mr. Windham assured the gentleman he should be happy to present a person so strongly recommended by Mr. Burke with a much greater piece of preferment than that requested ; but that it was his fixed determination , should he ...
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... government of India . This measure , though con- sidered in its time to be of the very first importance , is now only remembered by the unparalleled combina- tion of talents called forth in the prosecution of it . Of the impeachment ...
... government of India . This measure , though con- sidered in its time to be of the very first importance , is now only remembered by the unparalleled combina- tion of talents called forth in the prosecution of it . Of the impeachment ...
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... government to a requisition from France , which was then suffering the greatest distress from a scarcity of grain . The object of this requisition was , to be supplied with 20,000 sacks of flour from this country . So small a boon ought ...
... government to a requisition from France , which was then suffering the greatest distress from a scarcity of grain . The object of this requisition was , to be supplied with 20,000 sacks of flour from this country . So small a boon ought ...
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... government . It should also be noticed , for the sake of recording hereafter a proof of the consistency of his sentiments on another subject , that in February 1791 he earnestly supported a bill which was brought into the House of ...
... government . It should also be noticed , for the sake of recording hereafter a proof of the consistency of his sentiments on another subject , that in February 1791 he earnestly supported a bill which was brought into the House of ...
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