History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... Spain Conclusion of the Treaty of Vienna Counter - Alliance at Hanover Clamours of the Opposition .............. First rivalry of Walpole and Townshend CHAPTER XIV . Jacobite intrigues ..... State of the Highlanders ib . ... 116 ...
... Spain Conclusion of the Treaty of Vienna Counter - Alliance at Hanover Clamours of the Opposition .............. First rivalry of Walpole and Townshend CHAPTER XIV . Jacobite intrigues ..... State of the Highlanders ib . ... 116 ...
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... Spain ... 187 188 189 Arrival in England of Frederick , Prince of Wales Demand of Gibraltar by the Spaniards His policy pursued by Lord Townshend Letter of George the First ........ 190 191 192 194 196 197 Impatience of the Queen of Spain ...
... Spain ... 187 188 189 Arrival in England of Frederick , Prince of Wales Demand of Gibraltar by the Spaniards His policy pursued by Lord Townshend Letter of George the First ........ 190 191 192 194 196 197 Impatience of the Queen of Spain ...
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... Spain and Portugal ... 277 1736. Correspondence of Walpole with Cardinal Fleury The Dissenters ' attempt to repeal the Test Act Bill for the relief of Quakers The Mortmain Act ....... The Gin Act Two smugglers , Wilson and Robertson ...
... Spain and Portugal ... 277 1736. Correspondence of Walpole with Cardinal Fleury The Dissenters ' attempt to repeal the Test Act Bill for the relief of Quakers The Mortmain Act ....... The Gin Act Two smugglers , Wilson and Robertson ...
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... 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 the war ...
... 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 the war ...
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... Spain - For trading in Human Hair " For fatting of Hogs - For a Wheel for a Per- petual Motion . " But the most strange of all , perhaps , was " For an Undertaking which shall in " due time be revealed . " Each subscriber was to pay ...
... Spain - For trading in Human Hair " For fatting of Hogs - For a Wheel for a Per- petual Motion . " But the most strange of all , perhaps , was " For an Undertaking which shall in " due time be revealed . " Each subscriber was to pay ...
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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.