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Page 371
... Opposition which overthrew him was an opposition created by his own policy , by his own insatiable love of power . In the very act of forming his Ministry he turned one of the ablest and most attached of his supporters into a deadly ...
... Opposition which overthrew him was an opposition created by his own policy , by his own insatiable love of power . In the very act of forming his Ministry he turned one of the ablest and most attached of his supporters into a deadly ...
Page 374
... Opposition . The Tories furnished little more than rows of ponderous foxhunters , fat with Staffordshire or Devonshire ale , men who drank to the King over the water , and believed that all the fundholders were Jews , men whose religion ...
... Opposition . The Tories furnished little more than rows of ponderous foxhunters , fat with Staffordshire or Devonshire ale , men who drank to the King over the water , and believed that all the fundholders were Jews , men whose religion ...
Page 375
... Opposition exists , the heir - apparent of the throne should put himself at the head of that Opposition . He is impelled to such a course by every feeling of ambition and of vanity . He cannot be more than second in the estimation of ...
... Opposition exists , the heir - apparent of the throne should put himself at the head of that Opposition . He is impelled to such a course by every feeling of ambition and of vanity . He cannot be more than second in the estimation of ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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