Speeches in Parliament: Of the Right Honourable William Windham, Том 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... poor nephew , whose return to his friends and country I never allowed myself to count upon , any more than upon that of many other brave and promising men , employed in the same fatal climate . To the losses that happen in the field of ...
... poor nephew , whose return to his friends and country I never allowed myself to count upon , any more than upon that of many other brave and promising men , employed in the same fatal climate . To the losses that happen in the field of ...
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... the carriage , hurried it tri- umphantly down into the Market - place , and there sacri- ficed it piecemeal to their fury . The poor performers , male and female , escaped from their dangerous posts as II 84 SOME ACCOUNT OF.
... the carriage , hurried it tri- umphantly down into the Market - place , and there sacri- ficed it piecemeal to their fury . The poor performers , male and female , escaped from their dangerous posts as II 84 SOME ACCOUNT OF.
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... poor men who were hurt at the fire is dead , and another of them is , I fear , in a bad way . They went into the house not only after I had left it , but after I was gone home * . " Yours affectionately , " W. WINDHAM . " The following ...
... poor men who were hurt at the fire is dead , and another of them is , I fear , in a bad way . They went into the house not only after I had left it , but after I was gone home * . " Yours affectionately , " W. WINDHAM . " The following ...
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... poor Brandon with an apology . In all other respects , it seems to me to present but too sure a presage of the fate of the country , contemptible as the thing is in itself . " " Believe me yours , cc very faithfully , " W. WINDHAM ...
... poor Brandon with an apology . In all other respects , it seems to me to present but too sure a presage of the fate of the country , contemptible as the thing is in itself . " " Believe me yours , cc very faithfully , " W. WINDHAM ...
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... poor John Gurney underwent and fell a victim to . " I had thought at one time to defer it till I might have entered my last protest against such madness , and have tried what I could do to satisfy men's minds that it was madness . But I ...
... poor John Gurney underwent and fell a victim to . " I had thought at one time to defer it till I might have entered my last protest against such madness , and have tried what I could do to satisfy men's minds that it was madness . But I ...
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