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In other words , the whigs were not above taking some notice of him but being out of office they had no English living with which to reward the author of the Contents and Dissensions . It was disturbing that his friends should be ...
In other words , the whigs were not above taking some notice of him but being out of office they had no English living with which to reward the author of the Contents and Dissensions . It was disturbing that his friends should be ...
Page 179
the course of these proceedings the tories renounced the policies which the whigs had carefully built up during the first nine years of the war , and sought by deserting their Allies and joining France in diplomacy to force a peace ...
the course of these proceedings the tories renounced the policies which the whigs had carefully built up during the first nine years of the war , and sought by deserting their Allies and joining France in diplomacy to force a peace ...
Page 198
Clearly his desertion of the whigs had in it an element of self - seeking , but it was so preponderantly a response to in- tellectual conviction that he must be acquitted of the accusa- tion of baseness .
Clearly his desertion of the whigs had in it an element of self - seeking , but it was so preponderantly a response to in- tellectual conviction that he must be acquitted of the accusa- tion of baseness .
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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