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Page 247
... Council of thirty , whom he had himself chosen , would have been feeble indeed when compared with the restraint imposed by Parliament . But it would have been more constant . It would have acted every year , and all the year round ; and ...
... Council of thirty , whom he had himself chosen , would have been feeble indeed when compared with the restraint imposed by Parliament . But it would have been more constant . It would have acted every year , and all the year round ; and ...
Page 257
... Council by whose advice he had pledged himself , only a month before , to conduct the Government . The counsellors were generally dissatisfied ; and Shaftesbury swore , with great vehemence , that if he could find out who the secret ...
... Council by whose advice he had pledged himself , only a month before , to conduct the Government . The counsellors were generally dissatisfied ; and Shaftesbury swore , with great vehemence , that if he could find out who the secret ...
Page 578
... Council . A violent altercation followed . Hastings complained in bitter terms of the way in which he was treated , spoke with contempt of Nuncomar and of Nuncomar's accusation , and denied the right of the Council to sit in judgment on ...
... Council . A violent altercation followed . Hastings complained in bitter terms of the way in which he was treated , spoke with contempt of Nuncomar and of Nuncomar's accusation , and denied the right of the Council to sit in judgment on ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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