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Page 12
... gave Prince George , that on hearing of the graceful manner in which he delivered his first speech from the throne , he exclaimed with pride and exulta- tion , Ah , I taught the boy to speak . " " On the 4th of January , 1749 , the ...
... gave Prince George , that on hearing of the graceful manner in which he delivered his first speech from the throne , he exclaimed with pride and exulta- tion , Ah , I taught the boy to speak . " " On the 4th of January , 1749 , the ...
Page 15
... gave , will be More cheerfully obey'd by me . LEARNING GERMAN . When the prince was not ten years old , George the Second , just as he was about to set out for Hanover , sent Baron Steinberg to examine the children of Frederic Prince of ...
... gave , will be More cheerfully obey'd by me . LEARNING GERMAN . When the prince was not ten years old , George the Second , just as he was about to set out for Hanover , sent Baron Steinberg to examine the children of Frederic Prince of ...
Page 23
... gave up the point , with the remark , that the boy was good for nothing , and only fit to read the Bible to his mother . " ACCESSION . The accession to the throne opened to George III . at a moment of great public prosperity , when the ...
... gave up the point , with the remark , that the boy was good for nothing , and only fit to read the Bible to his mother . " ACCESSION . The accession to the throne opened to George III . at a moment of great public prosperity , when the ...
Page 27
... gave notice to his ministers , that no money should be spent to procure the election of members favourable to the government , which he understood had formerly been the case , saying at the same time , that " he would be tried by his ...
... gave notice to his ministers , that no money should be spent to procure the election of members favourable to the government , which he understood had formerly been the case , saying at the same time , that " he would be tried by his ...
Page 33
... gave him all the country between the Elbe and the Baltic , except Schwerin . Pribislaus founded the monastery of Deberau , and built Rostock and Mecklenburg . He died at Lunenburg , at a tilting GEORGE THE THIRD . 33.
... gave him all the country between the Elbe and the Baltic , except Schwerin . Pribislaus founded the monastery of Deberau , and built Rostock and Mecklenburg . He died at Lunenburg , at a tilting GEORGE THE THIRD . 33.
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