Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 5B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 178
... Duke of York , the Duke of Cumberland , and the Queen of Denmark , may per- haps be questioned . George the Third was indeed no liber- tine ; but he brought to the throne a mind only half opened , and was for some time entirely under ...
... Duke of York , the Duke of Cumberland , and the Queen of Denmark , may per- haps be questioned . George the Third was indeed no liber- tine ; but he brought to the throne a mind only half opened , and was for some time entirely under ...
Page 201
... Duke of Cumberland . By the Tories he was more hated than any man living . So strong was their aversion to him that when , in the late reign , he attempted to form a party against the Duke of Newcastle , they had thrown all their weight ...
... Duke of Cumberland . By the Tories he was more hated than any man living . So strong was their aversion to him that when , in the late reign , he attempted to form a party against the Duke of Newcastle , they had thrown all their weight ...
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... Duke of Cumberland and of the Duke of Devonshire . He was disappointed , and soon found that , in addition to all his other difficulties , he must reckon on the opposition of the ablest prince of the blood , and of the great house of ...
... Duke of Cumberland and of the Duke of Devonshire . He was disappointed , and soon found that , in addition to all his other difficulties , he must reckon on the opposition of the ablest prince of the blood , and of the great house of ...
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... Duke of Cumberland , " Fox's political va- garies , but I am quite confounded by his inhumanity . Surely he used to be the best - natured of men . " The At last Fox went so far as to take a legal opinion on the question , whether the ...
... Duke of Cumberland , " Fox's political va- garies , but I am quite confounded by his inhumanity . Surely he used to be the best - natured of men . " The At last Fox went so far as to take a legal opinion on the question , whether the ...
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... Duke of Cumberland was such as distinguished him even among the princes of his brave house . The indifference with which he rode about amidst musket balls and cannon balls was not the highest proof of his fortitude . Hopeless maladies ...
... Duke of Cumberland was such as distinguished him even among the princes of his brave house . The indifference with which he rode about amidst musket balls and cannon balls was not the highest proof of his fortitude . Hopeless maladies ...
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