History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... King of England , and Stadtholder of Holland . By the Right Hon . ARTHUR TREVOR ( now Lord Dungannon ) , M.P. F.A.S. & c . 2 vols . 8vo . with Portrait , & c . 24s . LIFE OF FREDERICK THE SECOND , KING OF PRUSSIA . By Lord DOVER . 2d ...
... King of England , and Stadtholder of Holland . By the Right Hon . ARTHUR TREVOR ( now Lord Dungannon ) , M.P. F.A.S. & c . 2 vols . 8vo . with Portrait , & c . 24s . LIFE OF FREDERICK THE SECOND , KING OF PRUSSIA . By Lord DOVER . 2d ...
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... King . ........ The King sets out for Hanover ............ .... 163 ...... 164 His illness and death , on his journey .................. 165 Account of his Consort , Sophia - Dorothea of Zell ...... 166 151 153 154 156 157 159 ...... ib ...
... King . ........ The King sets out for Hanover ............ .... 163 ...... 164 His illness and death , on his journey .................. 165 Account of his Consort , Sophia - Dorothea of Zell ...... 166 151 153 154 156 157 159 ...... ib ...
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... King ; Stanhope induced His Majesty to receive it favour- ably a meeting ensued , and a reconciliation was effected . This union , both of Statesmen and of Princes , dashed the best hopes of Jacobitism . Bishop Atterbury writes to James ...
... King ; Stanhope induced His Majesty to receive it favour- ably a meeting ensued , and a reconciliation was effected . This union , both of Statesmen and of Princes , dashed the best hopes of Jacobitism . Bishop Atterbury writes to James ...
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... King , attended by Stanhope , set out for his German dominions . But the happy 1720. calm was not of long continuance . It is now for me to relate how that glittering and hollow bubble , the South Sea Scheme , rising to the surface ...
... King , attended by Stanhope , set out for his German dominions . But the happy 1720. calm was not of long continuance . It is now for me to relate how that glittering and hollow bubble , the South Sea Scheme , rising to the surface ...
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... King of Spain . This shadow of a trade was bestowed by the British 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 ...
... King of Spain . This shadow of a trade was bestowed by the British 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 ...
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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.