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Page 458
... friends in the House of Commons were sure to speak against it , to vote against it , to throw in its way every obstruc- tion compatible with the forms of Parliament . If his Majesty found it necessary to admit into his closet a ...
... friends in the House of Commons were sure to speak against it , to vote against it , to throw in its way every obstruc- tion compatible with the forms of Parliament . If his Majesty found it necessary to admit into his closet a ...
Page 460
... friends of weakness , of haughtiness , of party spirit ; but calumny itself never dared to couple his name with corruption . Unhappily his Government , though one of the best that has ever existed in our country , was also one of the ...
... friends of weakness , of haughtiness , of party spirit ; but calumny itself never dared to couple his name with corruption . Unhappily his Government , though one of the best that has ever existed in our country , was also one of the ...
Page 640
... friends of Hastings to put a stop to the trial . In 1789 they proposed a vote of censure upon Burke , for some violent language which he had used respecting the death of Nuncomar and the connection between Hastings and Impey . Burke was ...
... friends of Hastings to put a stop to the trial . In 1789 they proposed a vote of censure upon Burke , for some violent language which he had used respecting the death of Nuncomar and the connection between Hastings and Impey . Burke was ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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