History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... Government Layer , Plunkett , and others , taken into custody . The dog Harlequin Arrest of Bishop Atterbury .... His harsh treatment in the Tower ...... Meeting of Parliament ............... Vote against the Pretender's Declaration ...
... Government Layer , Plunkett , and others , taken into custody . The dog Harlequin Arrest of Bishop Atterbury .... His harsh treatment in the Tower ...... Meeting of Parliament ............... Vote against the Pretender's Declaration ...
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... Government is compelled to yield .................. 100 The Malt Tax in Scotland Tumult at Glasgow .......... ............. Combination of Brewers at Edinburgh ...... ... 101 ..... 103 ......... 104 ib . 1725. Prudent measures of ...
... Government is compelled to yield .................. 100 The Malt Tax in Scotland Tumult at Glasgow .......... ............. Combination of Brewers at Edinburgh ...... ... 101 ..... 103 ......... 104 ib . 1725. Prudent measures of ...
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... 219 His defence of Clarendon's History .. 220 He dies 222 His coffin opened and searched by the English Government 223 Jacobite correspondence 224 Strong popular ferment ...... .... Meeting of Ministerial Members The CONTENTS . vii.
... 219 His defence of Clarendon's History .. 220 He dies 222 His coffin opened and searched by the English Government 223 Jacobite correspondence 224 Strong popular ferment ...... .... Meeting of Ministerial Members The CONTENTS . vii.
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... government of Walpole 333 Comparison of those times with ours 335 Literary profits and Literary patronage 336 Contempt of Walpole for Literature 337 Sufferings of authors under his administration 338 Their attacks upon him ........ 339 ...
... government of Walpole 333 Comparison of those times with ours 335 Literary profits and Literary patronage 336 Contempt of Walpole for Literature 337 Sufferings of authors under his administration 338 Their attacks upon him ........ 339 ...
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... Government on the South Sea Company , but it was very soon dis- turbed . Their first annual ship , the Royal Prince , did not sail till 1717 , and next year broke out the war with Spain ; when , as I have already had occa- sion to ...
... Government on the South Sea Company , but it was very soon dis- turbed . Their first annual ship , the Royal Prince , did not sail till 1717 , and next year broke out the war with Spain ; when , as I have already had occa- sion to ...
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66 CHAP affairs afterwards answer appeared Bill Bishop Atterbury Bolingbroke Carteret Chesterfield Church cloth lettered Court Coxe's Walpole death declared DISM Duchess of Kendal Duke of Newcastle Duke of Wharton Earl Edition Emperor England English Excise favour Fleury foreign France friends George Gibraltar Government hand Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons Inverness Jacobites James King King's Lady less Lockhart Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madame de Prie Madrid Majesty Memoirs ment METHO minister nation never observed occasion opposition Ostend Company Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope present Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney qu'il Queen received Ripperda Royal says scarcely Schaub scheme Secretary seems sent Sir Robert Sir William Wyndham South Sea South Sea Company Spain Spanish speech spirit Sunderland Swift thing thought Tories treaty treaty of Hanover TURE Vienna Walpole's Wesley Whigs William Stanhope writes Wyndham
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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.