History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... Parliament meets 19 20 21 22 .... 23 Walpole proposes his plan ....... 24 1721. A secret Committee of Enquiry ... 25 Violence against the South Sea Directors 26 Angry debate in the Lords 27 Illness and death of Earl Stanhope 28 Report ...
... Parliament meets 19 20 21 22 .... 23 Walpole proposes his plan ....... 24 1721. A secret Committee of Enquiry ... 25 Violence against the South Sea Directors 26 Angry debate in the Lords 27 Illness and death of Earl Stanhope 28 Report ...
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1713-1783 Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope. 1722. Dissolution of Parliament Death of Lord Sunderland And of the Duke of Marlborough ... Parliament ............... Vote against the Pretender's Declaration ... Tax on Roman Catholics ...
1713-1783 Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope. 1722. Dissolution of Parliament Death of Lord Sunderland And of the Duke of Marlborough ... Parliament ............... Vote against the Pretender's Declaration ... Tax on Roman Catholics ...
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... Parliament .... ..... 182 ... 183 184 ib . ...... 185 Sinking Fund ... ..... The Congress of Soissons .... 1729. Resolutions against reporting debates Views of Earl Stanhope in 1720 ...... Discussion between Walpole and Pulteney on the ...
... Parliament .... ..... 182 ... 183 184 ib . ...... 185 Sinking Fund ... ..... The Congress of Soissons .... 1729. Resolutions against reporting debates Views of Earl Stanhope in 1720 ...... Discussion between Walpole and Pulteney on the ...
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... Parliament ..... 262 Motions on the dismissal of Bolton and Cobham 263 Motion for Repeal of the Septennial Act ............... 265 Speech of Walpole ..... 266 Dissolution of Parliament and General Election ...... 268 1735. Bolingbroke ...
... Parliament ..... 262 Motions on the dismissal of Bolton and Cobham 263 Motion for Repeal of the Septennial Act ............... 265 Speech of Walpole ..... 266 Dissolution of Parliament and General Election ...... 268 1735. Bolingbroke ...
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... Parliament ; they were not less trusted by the King ; and the party of Walpole , hopeless of overthrowing , con- sented to join them . This junction was on far from equal terms . It made no change at all in the measures , and but little ...
... Parliament ; they were not less trusted by the King ; and the party of Walpole , hopeless of overthrowing , con- sented to join them . This junction was on far from equal terms . It made no change at all in the measures , and but little ...
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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.