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Page 363
... Walpole and Smollett differed in their tastes and opinions as much as two human beings could differ . They kept quite different society . Walpole played at cards with countesses , and corre- sponded with ambassadors . Smollett passed ...
... Walpole and Smollett differed in their tastes and opinions as much as two human beings could differ . They kept quite different society . Walpole played at cards with countesses , and corre- sponded with ambassadors . Smollett passed ...
Page 371
... Walpole had no opposition to encounter except that of the Tories ; and the Tories were naturally regarded by the King with the strongest suspicion and dislike . For a time business went on with a smoothness and a despatch such as had ...
... Walpole had no opposition to encounter except that of the Tories ; and the Tories were naturally regarded by the King with the strongest suspicion and dislike . For a time business went on with a smoothness and a despatch such as had ...
Page 372
... Walpole could have con- sented to make a partition of power , that man was Lord Townshend . They were distant ... Walpole . He was resolved , to use his own metaphor , that the firm of the house should be , not Townshend and Walpole ...
... Walpole could have con- sented to make a partition of power , that man was Lord Townshend . They were distant ... Walpole . He was resolved , to use his own metaphor , that the firm of the house should be , not Townshend and Walpole ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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