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Page 416
... Bute . The Earl of Bute was scarcely known , even by name , to the country which he was soon to govern . He had indeed , a short time after he came of age , been chosen to fill a vacancy , which , in the middle of a parliament , had ...
... Bute . The Earl of Bute was scarcely known , even by name , to the country which he was soon to govern . He had indeed , a short time after he came of age , been chosen to fill a vacancy , which , in the middle of a parliament , had ...
Page 419
... Bute yielded ; and , even after Bute had yielded , the King affected to hold out till the following afternoon . On the same day on which this singular contest took place , Bute was not only sworn of the Privy Council , but introduced ...
... Bute yielded ; and , even after Bute had yielded , the King affected to hold out till the following afternoon . On the same day on which this singular contest took place , Bute was not only sworn of the Privy Council , but introduced ...
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... Bute became First Lord of the Treasury . It The favourite had undoubtedly committed a great error . is impossible to imagine a tool better suited to his purposes than that which he thus threw away , or rather put into the hands of his ...
... Bute became First Lord of the Treasury . It The favourite had undoubtedly committed a great error . is impossible to imagine a tool better suited to his purposes than that which he thus threw away , or rather put into the hands of his ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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