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Page 93
... side of the government , and the insurgents were speedily put down and punished . The Kentish gentlemen who took up ... side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a ...
... side of the government , and the insurgents were speedily put down and punished . The Kentish gentlemen who took up ... side , who were inclined to make any sacrifice or run any risk for either religion , were very few . Each side had a ...
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... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
... side to side . The extent of his perfidy was known ; but it was not till the Popish Plot furnished him with a machinery which seemed sufficiently powerful for all his purposes , that the audacity of his spirit , and the fierceness of ...
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... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
... side by side . At length Fox had taken the lead , and Pitt had fallen behind . Then had come a sudden turn of fortune , like that in Virgil's foot - race . Fox had stumbled in the mire , and had not only been defeated , but befouled ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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