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Page 374
... Whigs were , not perhaps in number , but certainly in ability experience , and weight , by far the most important ... Whigs . It was to the Whigs in Opposition , the Patriots , as they were called , that the most distinguished of the ...
... Whigs were , not perhaps in number , but certainly in ability experience , and weight , by far the most important ... Whigs . It was to the Whigs in Opposition , the Patriots , as they were called , that the most distinguished of the ...
Page 406
... Whigs were created peers and baronets . Though most of the clergy were Tories , none but Whigs were appointed deans and bishops . In every county , opulent and well descended Tory squires complained that their names were left out of the ...
... Whigs were created peers and baronets . Though most of the clergy were Tories , none but Whigs were appointed deans and bishops . In every county , opulent and well descended Tory squires complained that their names were left out of the ...
Page 429
... Whig and Tory parties had begun to languish after the fall of Walpole , and had seemed to be almost extinct at the close of the reign of George the Second . It now revived in all its force . Many Whigs , it is true , were still in ...
... Whig and Tory parties had begun to languish after the fall of Walpole , and had seemed to be almost extinct at the close of the reign of George the Second . It now revived in all its force . Many Whigs , it is true , were still in ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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