A History of England: 1795-1801Longmans, Green, 1865 - Great Britain |
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... thought that he intended to ruin and betray the whole under- taking . At length , finding nobody to listen to hist difficulties , D'Hervilly gave the order to disembark ; and on the morning of the 27th of June , the troops were safely ...
... thought that he intended to ruin and betray the whole under- taking . At length , finding nobody to listen to hist difficulties , D'Hervilly gave the order to disembark ; and on the morning of the 27th of June , the troops were safely ...
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... thought it necessary to call Parliament together in the autumn , in order that the Government might be armed with new powers for the maintenance of order , and the suppression of dangerous opinions . The Corresponding Society , which ...
... thought it necessary to call Parliament together in the autumn , in order that the Government might be armed with new powers for the maintenance of order , and the suppression of dangerous opinions . The Corresponding Society , which ...
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... thought it prudent , in the first in- stance , to set themselves right , if possible , with the country , by issuing a paper , in which they disclaimed all connection between the meeting at Copenhagen Fields and the tumultuous attacks ...
... thought it prudent , in the first in- stance , to set themselves right , if possible , with the country , by issuing a paper , in which they disclaimed all connection between the meeting at Copenhagen Fields and the tumultuous attacks ...
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... Thoughts on the English Government . ' It was a mere farrago , which showed that the author was wholly ignorant of the subject on which he professed to write ; the only intelligible proposition to be ex- tracted from it was , that the ...
... Thoughts on the English Government . ' It was a mere farrago , which showed that the author was wholly ignorant of the subject on which he professed to write ; the only intelligible proposition to be ex- tracted from it was , that the ...
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... thought better not to leave a loophole or pre- tence to them , or their adherents here , to lay upon us the breaking the business off . Another note is therefore to be sent to - day , by a flag of truce from Dover , in which the demand ...
... thought better not to leave a loophole or pre- tence to them , or their adherents here , to lay upon us the breaking the business off . Another note is therefore to be sent to - day , by a flag of truce from Dover , in which the demand ...
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