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... Defends the Press - Quoted - Visits France , 284 - Action in American difficulty , 285 - Quoted , 286 - His scheme of Economy - Paymaster of the Forces - Political character , 293 — Want of influence , 295 — Occasional coarseness , 296 ...
... Defends the Press - Quoted - Visits France , 284 - Action in American difficulty , 285 - Quoted , 286 - His scheme of Economy - Paymaster of the Forces - Political character , 293 — Want of influence , 295 — Occasional coarseness , 296 ...
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... Walpole's intention to tax every article of consumption ; it was a scheme to pull down , in some mysterious way , our " old and glorious Constitution " ( words which have been 76 WALPOLE defends HIS BILL . so often abused by.
... Walpole's intention to tax every article of consumption ; it was a scheme to pull down , in some mysterious way , our " old and glorious Constitution " ( words which have been 76 WALPOLE defends HIS BILL . so often abused by.
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William Henry Davenport Adams. 76 WALPOLE defends HIS BILL . so often abused by faction ! ) , and to establish in its place a cruel despotism . The press , always unwisely neglected or not wisely encouraged by the great Minister , was ...
William Henry Davenport Adams. 76 WALPOLE defends HIS BILL . so often abused by faction ! ) , and to establish in its place a cruel despotism . The press , always unwisely neglected or not wisely encouraged by the great Minister , was ...
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... defended when committed to the Tower on a charge of peculation . On the accession of George the 1st he was made secretary at war , an office which he held * " How many Martials were in Pulteney lost ! " -Pope . + He wrote a fresh and ...
... defended when committed to the Tower on a charge of peculation . On the accession of George the 1st he was made secretary at war , an office which he held * " How many Martials were in Pulteney lost ! " -Pope . + He wrote a fresh and ...
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... defended or excused . He was prone , too , to the most boisterous festivity ; and the revels which twice a year he held at Houghton frequently drove his decorous brother - in - law , Lord Townshend , from his neighbouring seat at ...
... defended or excused . He was prone , too , to the most boisterous festivity ; and the revels which twice a year he held at Houghton frequently drove his decorous brother - in - law , Lord Townshend , from his neighbouring seat at ...
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