History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783J. Murray, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... followed in the body of the work ; but in the Appendix are given the Characters of all the Natural Orders , with a List of the Genera , referring to the pages where they are described . Vol . II . Part 1 of the above ( CRYPTOGAMIA ) ...
... followed in the body of the work ; but in the Appendix are given the Characters of all the Natural Orders , with a List of the Genera , referring to the pages where they are described . Vol . II . Part 1 of the above ( CRYPTOGAMIA ) ...
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... followed Evelyn's track . Tradition , history , poetry , anecdote , enliven his pages ; the reader soon feels as if his instructor were a good - natured and entertaining friend . In conclusion , let us warmly congratulate him on having ...
... followed Evelyn's track . Tradition , history , poetry , anecdote , enliven his pages ; the reader soon feels as if his instructor were a good - natured and entertaining friend . In conclusion , let us warmly congratulate him on having ...
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... followed humbly by Dukes , by Marshals , and by " Bishops ; " and even Dubois , the Prime Minister , and Orleans , the Regent , might be said to tremble at his nod . Arrogance and presumption , the usual faults of upstarts , daily grew ...
... followed humbly by Dukes , by Marshals , and by " Bishops ; " and even Dubois , the Prime Minister , and Orleans , the Regent , might be said to tremble at his nod . Arrogance and presumption , the usual faults of upstarts , daily grew ...
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... followed the son - in - law ; and England lost one of her noblest worthies in John , Duke of Marlborough . A para- lytic attack in 1716 had impaired his commanding mind , and he expired on the 16th of June in this year . His ...
... followed the son - in - law ; and England lost one of her noblest worthies in John , Duke of Marlborough . A para- lytic attack in 1716 had impaired his commanding mind , and he expired on the 16th of June in this year . His ...
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... followed the CHAP . South Sea Scheme were of course highly favourable to the views of the Jacobites and revived their drooping hopes , and still more were they cheered at the birth of an heir even though at a time when there was nothing ...
... followed the CHAP . South Sea Scheme were of course highly favourable to the views of the Jacobites and revived their drooping hopes , and still more were they cheered at the birth of an heir even though at a time when there was nothing ...
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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.