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Page 16
... ministry , it cannot but alarm all true Whigs to hear of school- masters of very contrary principles being thought of for preceptors ; and to see none but the friends and pupils of the late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education ...
... ministry , it cannot but alarm all true Whigs to hear of school- masters of very contrary principles being thought of for preceptors ; and to see none but the friends and pupils of the late Lord Bolingbroke entrusted with the education ...
Page 17
... ministers , consulted in the education of the Prince of Wales , and entrusted with the most im- portant secrets of government , must tend to alarm and disgust the friends of the present royal family , and to encourage the hopes and ...
... ministers , consulted in the education of the Prince of Wales , and entrusted with the most im- portant secrets of government , must tend to alarm and disgust the friends of the present royal family , and to encourage the hopes and ...
Page 27
... 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 country . " This ...
... 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 country . " This ...
Page 55
... minister , announced this instance of his sovereign's bounty to the doctor ; who it is said felt some hesita- tion in accepting it , after the definitions he had given in his Dictionary of pension and pensioner . Lord Bute , at the time ...
... minister , announced this instance of his sovereign's bounty to the doctor ; who it is said felt some hesita- tion in accepting it , after the definitions he had given in his Dictionary of pension and pensioner . Lord Bute , at the time ...
Page 57
... ministers found their strength unexpectedly diminished by the sudden death of the Earl of Egremont , whose abilities were by far the most distinguished in the cabinet . Lord Bute , either ashamed of the weakness of a GEORGE THE THIRD . 57.
... ministers found their strength unexpectedly diminished by the sudden death of the Earl of Egremont , whose abilities were by far the most distinguished in the cabinet . Lord Bute , either ashamed of the weakness of a GEORGE THE THIRD . 57.
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