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... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and show the waste of ...
... friends began to hope that they might , by driving the Whigs from court and from power , gratify at once the queen and the people . There was now a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and show the waste of ...
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... friend Montague was now at the head of the Treasury . He returned , then , as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the ...
... friend Montague was now at the head of the Treasury . He returned , then , as soon as he could , and was welcomed on the 25th of March by a warrant , but was , however , suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the ...
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... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
... friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was told by Walpole that the committee were not satisfied with his behaviour , nor could give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now ...
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... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which Lord ...
... friends , who circulated the proposals , and the care of some who , it is said , withheld the money from him lest he should squander it . The price of the volume was two guineas ; the whole collection was four thousand ; to which Lord ...
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... friends he will probably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
... friends he will probably find men who have more kindness than judgment , or more fear to offend than desire to instruct . The tediousness of this poem proceeds not from the uni- formity of the subject , for it is sufficiently ...
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