The Life of Lord John Russell, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... adopted experimentally as a street illuminant in 1807 , and generally in 1814 , in London . Sir G. Ludlow's guests were not the only sceptics as to the practicability of its use . Sir H. Davy is said to have declared that you might as ...
... adopted experimentally as a street illuminant in 1807 , and generally in 1814 , in London . Sir G. Ludlow's guests were not the only sceptics as to the practicability of its use . Sir H. Davy is said to have declared that you might as ...
Page 38
... adopted in office the patriotic course of supporting a war which he had resisted in opposition . He declined consequently to admit . that peace at any price was the hereditary policy of the party to which he belonged . Personally ...
... adopted in office the patriotic course of supporting a war which he had resisted in opposition . He declined consequently to admit . that peace at any price was the hereditary policy of the party to which he belonged . Personally ...
Page 39
... adopted the latter course . Leaving Coruña on December 4 , the party reached Vigo on the 9th , Coimbra on the 27th , Pombal on the 29th , and Lisbon in the beginning of 1809. The cavalcade must have been . picturesque : - 1 Lord John ...
... adopted the latter course . Leaving Coruña on December 4 , the party reached Vigo on the 9th , Coimbra on the 27th , Pombal on the 29th , and Lisbon in the beginning of 1809. The cavalcade must have been . picturesque : - 1 Lord John ...
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... adopted by his successors , prevented , or at any rate impeded , the expression of opinion . Mr. Pitt's Acts of 1795 declared that any person levying war upon the king in order to compel him to change his measures or counsels , or in ...
... adopted by his successors , prevented , or at any rate impeded , the expression of opinion . Mr. Pitt's Acts of 1795 declared that any person levying war upon the king in order to compel him to change his measures or counsels , or in ...
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... adopt the proffered compromise . Lord John , however , declined to give way ; and , after securing the second reading of the Bill on May 19 , moved the House into committee upon it on June 5. Mr. Davies Gilbert , a gentleman of some emi ...
... adopt the proffered compromise . Lord John , however , declined to give way ; and , after securing the second reading of the Bill on May 19 , moved the House into committee upon it on June 5. Mr. Davies Gilbert , a gentleman of some emi ...
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