Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitu- tion had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of ...
... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitu- tion had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of ...
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... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitu- tion had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of ...
... thousand pounds as speedily as possible , that he might return home before his constitu- tion had suffered from the heat , to marry a peer's daughter , to buy rotten boroughs in Cornwall , and to give balls in St. James's Square . Of ...
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... thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the nabob , amounting to more than three hundred thousand pounds a year , passed through the minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his dis- posal . The collection ...
... thousand pounds sterling a year . The personal allowance of the nabob , amounting to more than three hundred thousand pounds a year , passed through the minister's hands , and was , to a great extent , at his dis- posal . The collection ...
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... thousand miles from the place where their orders were to be carried into effect , they never perceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vicegerent at Calcutta , who ...
... thousand miles from the place where their orders were to be carried into effect , they never perceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vicegerent at Calcutta , who ...
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... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Com- pany had bound itself to pay near three hundred thou- sand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ...
... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Com- pany had bound itself to pay near three hundred thou- sand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ...
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