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... Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps be doubt- ed . He was however careffed by men of great abilities , whatever were their party , and ...
... Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps be doubt- ed . He was however careffed by men of great abilities , whatever were their party , and ...
Page 252
... Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies ...
... Whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart . I honoured him , and he endured me . He had mingled with the gay world , without exemption from its vices or its follies ...
Page 287
... Whigs , in the end of queen Anne's reign , Parnell was perfuad- ed to change his party , not without much cenfure from those whom he forfook , and was received by the new ministry as a valua- ble reinforcement . When the earl of Ox ...
... Whigs , in the end of queen Anne's reign , Parnell was perfuad- ed to change his party , not without much cenfure from those whom he forfook , and was received by the new ministry as a valua- ble reinforcement . When the earl of Ox ...
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... Whig , was a member of the Kit - cat club , and by confequence familiarly known to all the great men of that denomination . In 1710 , when the government fell into other hands , he writ to lord Godolphin , on his difmiffion , a fhort ...
... Whig , was a member of the Kit - cat club , and by confequence familiarly known to all the great men of that denomination . In 1710 , when the government fell into other hands , he writ to lord Godolphin , on his difmiffion , a fhort ...
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... Whig * that he did not willingly converse with men of the oppofite party , could ask preferment from Oxford , it is not now poffible to difcover . Pope , who told the ftory , did not fay on what oc- cafion the advice was given ; and ...
... Whig * that he did not willingly converse with men of the oppofite party , could ask preferment from Oxford , it is not now poffible to difcover . Pope , who told the ftory , did not fay on what oc- cafion the advice was given ; and ...
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