History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... Coxe ( vol . i . p . 130. ) seem to have been drawn up on Coxe's own ideas of probability . He makes Walpole point out " the " ruin and misery which then prevailed in France from similar " measures . " Now this is quite an anachronism ...
... Coxe ( vol . i . p . 130. ) seem to have been drawn up on Coxe's own ideas of probability . He makes Walpole point out " the " ruin and misery which then prevailed in France from similar " measures . " Now this is quite an anachronism ...
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... Coxe's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 730. Walpole sold out at the highest price ( 1000 ) , saying , as he well might , " I am fully " satisfied . " His wife continued to speculate a little longer on her own account . § Mr. Drummond to Mr. D ...
... Coxe's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 730. Walpole sold out at the highest price ( 1000 ) , saying , as he well might , " I am fully " satisfied . " His wife continued to speculate a little longer on her own account . § Mr. Drummond to Mr. D ...
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... nimity in resisting the temptation . * But though * Coxe's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 138. A letter in his second CHAP . Walpole undoubtedly deserves great praise through XI . C 3 FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 21 The King hastens from Hanover.
... nimity in resisting the temptation . * But though * Coxe's Memoirs , vol . i . p . 138. A letter in his second CHAP . Walpole undoubtedly deserves great praise through XI . C 3 FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 21 The King hastens from Hanover.
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... . Lord Orrery to James , October 28. 1721. See Appendix . + Lockhart's Memoirs , vol . ii . p . 74 . See this paper in Coxe's Walpole , vol . ii . p . 226 . XI . 1722 . the English minister at Paris , 40 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
... . Lord Orrery to James , October 28. 1721. See Appendix . + Lockhart's Memoirs , vol . ii . p . 74 . See this paper in Coxe's Walpole , vol . ii . p . 226 . XI . 1722 . the English minister at Paris , 40 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
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... Coxe's Collections , vol . lii . This volume contains several other proofs to the same effect ; but the one I have given above seems decisive . XI . 1722 . CHAP . those powers of combination FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 41.
... Coxe's Collections , vol . lii . This volume contains several other proofs to the same effect ; but the one I have given above seems decisive . XI . 1722 . CHAP . those powers of combination FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT . 41.
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Page 346 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.