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... proposal of Bonaparte . On the other hand , the letter was temperate and respectful in the highest degree , no shadow of insult or even of boasting . No conditions . were proposed which could be seized upon as a pretext Morning Post of ...
... proposal of Bonaparte . On the other hand , the letter was temperate and respectful in the highest degree , no shadow of insult or even of boasting . No conditions . were proposed which could be seized upon as a pretext Morning Post of ...
Page 106
... propose for this pur- pose will be attended to with a desire to give it imme- diate effect , as Lord A. is anxious that the arrangement should take effect as soon as he goes , if not before , and C. Grant 2 says that G. must in your ...
... propose for this pur- pose will be attended to with a desire to give it imme- diate effect , as Lord A. is anxious that the arrangement should take effect as soon as he goes , if not before , and C. Grant 2 says that G. must in your ...
Page 109
... proposed a grand reduction of British Yeomanry from 24,000 to 6,000 men , and from 130,000l . to 40,000l . The proposition is so expedient and wise that I have no doubt of its being agreed to , and in that case no time will be lost in ...
... proposed a grand reduction of British Yeomanry from 24,000 to 6,000 men , and from 130,000l . to 40,000l . The proposition is so expedient and wise that I have no doubt of its being agreed to , and in that case no time will be lost in ...
Page 115
... proposed course of measures . He left Ireland , accord- ingly , on January 23 , 1828 , and ultimately consented to follow the example of his Canningite friends , Huskisson , Charles Grant , Lord Palmerston , and Lord Dudley , and to ...
... proposed course of measures . He left Ireland , accord- ingly , on January 23 , 1828 , and ultimately consented to follow the example of his Canningite friends , Huskisson , Charles Grant , Lord Palmerston , and Lord Dudley , and to ...
Page 118
... proposed seemed to me certain to hasten and advance its progress , because they both admitted the existence of the disease and the propriety of its remedy . Perhaps it signifies very little what I thought then or what I did ; at the ...
... proposed seemed to me certain to hasten and advance its progress , because they both admitted the existence of the disease and the propriety of its remedy . Perhaps it signifies very little what I thought then or what I did ; at the ...
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Page 79 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.