The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 99A. Constable, 1854 |
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... mind to my situation . ' The influence , however , which Fox had gained in the House by his speeches against the Ministry , and the waning popularity of the war since the reverses of our arms , especially after the surrender of Saratoga ...
... mind to my situation . ' The influence , however , which Fox had gained in the House by his speeches against the Ministry , and the waning popularity of the war since the reverses of our arms , especially after the surrender of Saratoga ...
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... mind on the subject . The conversation took place in October 1779 ; and Lord North remained in office more than two years longer . Lord Gower [ President of the Council ] came to Lord North to inform him that he had long felt the utmost ...
... mind on the subject . The conversation took place in October 1779 ; and Lord North remained in office more than two years longer . Lord Gower [ President of the Council ] came to Lord North to inform him that he had long felt the utmost ...
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... were given to prepare the royal yacht for his trans- port to the Continent . This intention seems to have been in VOL . XCIX . NO . CCI . 6 C his mind when , on the 17th of March , 1854 . 17 And the Buckingham Papers .
... were given to prepare the royal yacht for his trans- port to the Continent . This intention seems to have been in VOL . XCIX . NO . CCI . 6 C his mind when , on the 17th of March , 1854 . 17 And the Buckingham Papers .
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... mind , mixed with pleasantry , rose immediately and said , " I rise to speak to that " motion ; " and , as his reason for opposing it , stated his resignation and the dissolution of the Ministry . The House , satisfied , became ...
... mind , mixed with pleasantry , rose immediately and said , " I rise to speak to that " motion ; " and , as his reason for opposing it , stated his resignation and the dissolution of the Ministry . The House , satisfied , became ...
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... mind that fact , and remember that to the House they owed ' their situations . ' Moreover , before the list of the proposed Cabinet was presented to the King , it had been submitted to a meeting of the Whig party , and had received ...
... mind that fact , and remember that to the House they owed ' their situations . ' Moreover , before the list of the proposed Cabinet was presented to the King , it had been submitted to a meeting of the Whig party , and had received ...
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