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2 THROUGHOUT the summer of 1710 Queen Anne , in response to the clearly indicated sentiment of the country , was re- moving whigs from the ministry to make way for men of moderate opinion or of definitely tory stamp .
2 THROUGHOUT the summer of 1710 Queen Anne , in response to the clearly indicated sentiment of the country , was re- moving whigs from the ministry to make way for men of moderate opinion or of definitely tory stamp .
Page 177
But this triumph in diplomacy they purchased at the cost of a yet wider dissension in party and ministry . The whig resurgence of August 1714 was less a triumph of the opposition than the end of a slow process of self - destruction to ...
But this triumph in diplomacy they purchased at the cost of a yet wider dissension in party and ministry . The whig resurgence of August 1714 was less a triumph of the opposition than the end of a slow process of self - destruction to ...
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Peace and the interests of the church were to be secured by a ministry above party . How this ministry should have proceeded was to Swift as plain as a pike - staff . In May 1711 , when the split between Oxford and St. John was apparent ...
Peace and the interests of the church were to be secured by a ministry above party . How this ministry should have proceeded was to Swift as plain as a pike - staff . In May 1711 , when the split between Oxford and St. John was apparent ...
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MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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