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Page ix
... the Exchequer Duke of Portland's Ministry - Pitt in private life - Again brings forward Parliamentary Reform , but is defeated -- Prince of Wales Marriage of Lord Chatham - 87 CHAPTER IV . 1783 . - Pitt's excursion to France.
... the Exchequer Duke of Portland's Ministry - Pitt in private life - Again brings forward Parliamentary Reform , but is defeated -- Prince of Wales Marriage of Lord Chatham - 87 CHAPTER IV . 1783 . - Pitt's excursion to France.
Page xi
... Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert Attempted Repeal of the Test Act- Settlement in Botany Bay - ― 308 CHAPTER X. 1787-1788 . State of parties in Holland - Differences respecting the French trade in India Rutland - - - - -Prussian ...
... Prince of Wales and Mrs. Fitzherbert Attempted Repeal of the Test Act- Settlement in Botany Bay - ― 308 CHAPTER X. 1787-1788 . State of parties in Holland - Differences respecting the French trade in India Rutland - - - - -Prussian ...
Page xii
... Prince of Wales consults Lord Loughborough - Mani- festation of national sympathy- Objects of Pitt and Thurlow— Meeting of Parliament The King's removal to Kew - Fox's return from Italy .. → Page 375 APPENDIX . Letters and Extracts of ...
... Prince of Wales consults Lord Loughborough - Mani- festation of national sympathy- Objects of Pitt and Thurlow— Meeting of Parliament The King's removal to Kew - Fox's return from Italy .. → Page 375 APPENDIX . Letters and Extracts of ...
Page 87
... Prince of Wales - Marriage of Lord Chatham . - - As the autumn advanced , and the period for the reas- sembling of Parliament drew near , the new Ministers became more and more impressed with the difficulties which they might expect in ...
... Prince of Wales - Marriage of Lord Chatham . - - As the autumn advanced , and the period for the reas- sembling of Parliament drew near , the new Ministers became more and more impressed with the difficulties which they might expect in ...
Page 122
... in their opinion near its close . The cause of this new entanglement was George Prince of Wales , afterwards King George the Fourth . In his education he had received from his Royal parents 122 LIFE OF PITT . CHAP . III .
... in their opinion near its close . The cause of this new entanglement was George Prince of Wales , afterwards King George the Fourth . In his education he had received from his Royal parents 122 LIFE OF PITT . CHAP . III .
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