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William Henry Davenport Adams. 20 WALPOLE , SECRETARY OF WAR . stances proved too strong for him . The alienation of the Queen , the cabals of Harley and St. John , necessi- tated a final rupture . In 1708 Harley and St. John were ...
William Henry Davenport Adams. 20 WALPOLE , SECRETARY OF WAR . stances proved too strong for him . The alienation of the Queen , the cabals of Harley and St. John , necessi- tated a final rupture . In 1708 Harley and St. John were ...
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... strong the foundation of our national prosperity . * teenth century . But they were , what the reformers of the Church were before them , and what the reformers of the House of Commons have been since , the leaders of their species in a ...
... strong the foundation of our national prosperity . * teenth century . But they were , what the reformers of the Church were before them , and what the reformers of the House of Commons have been since , the leaders of their species in a ...
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... strong intellect gradually sank into a condition of torpor , with occasional flashes of activity to remind spectators of its former power . At the accession of George the 1st , his infirmities prevented him from ac- cepting the ...
... strong intellect gradually sank into a condition of torpor , with occasional flashes of activity to remind spectators of its former power . At the accession of George the 1st , his infirmities prevented him from ac- cepting the ...
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... strong resemblance might be traced between them . But Wal- pole , who , as his own son confesses , loved power so much that he would not endure a rival , -scarcely even a second , -set aside the recollection of common victories and ...
... strong resemblance might be traced between them . But Wal- pole , who , as his own son confesses , loved power so much that he would not endure a rival , -scarcely even a second , -set aside the recollection of common victories and ...
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... strong , he could rely on the support of the Crown and of the commercial and manufacturing classes . Moreover , for many years he was the one independent statesman whom the nation could not afford to get rid of . Crown and people ...
... strong , he could rely on the support of the Crown and of the commercial and manufacturing classes . Moreover , for many years he was the one independent statesman whom the nation could not afford to get rid of . Crown and people ...
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