The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 68
... motion on some national subject ; and for nearly a month was daily moving for official documents , as materials for illustrating his ob- servations . When the night for the discussion arrived , these documents appeared piled upon the ...
... motion on some national subject ; and for nearly a month was daily moving for official documents , as materials for illustrating his ob- servations . When the night for the discussion arrived , these documents appeared piled upon the ...
Page 89
... motion met with so strong an opposition , that it was carried only by a majority of seven votes . But Walpole proved his conduct to originate in virtuous and disinterested motives , as he stated to the House , that he had been offered ...
... motion met with so strong an opposition , that it was carried only by a majority of seven votes . But Walpole proved his conduct to originate in virtuous and disinterested motives , as he stated to the House , that he had been offered ...
Page 138
... motion for an enquiry into the failure of the Ferrol expe- dition , Mr. T. supported it , and said , he was asto- nished when an attempt of this kind was endea- voured to be resisted , more especially at a time " when the House of ...
... motion for an enquiry into the failure of the Ferrol expe- dition , Mr. T. supported it , and said , he was asto- nished when an attempt of this kind was endea- voured to be resisted , more especially at a time " when the House of ...
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