Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 59
... Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpopu- lar on account of the unfortunate issue of the Parti- tion Treaty . The Tories , some of whom still cast a lingering look towards St. Germains , were in office , and had a ...
... Whig party had retired from power , and were extremely unpopu- lar on account of the unfortunate issue of the Parti- tion Treaty . The Tories , some of whom still cast a lingering look towards St. Germains , were in office , and had a ...
Page 60
... Whigs and Tories joined in condemning the proceedings of the French Court . The cry for war was raised by the city of London , and echoed and reechoed from every corner of the realm . William saw that his time was come . Though his ...
... Whigs and Tories joined in condemning the proceedings of the French Court . The cry for war was raised by the city of London , and echoed and reechoed from every corner of the realm . William saw that his time was come . Though his ...
Page 84
... Whig war . It was the favourite scheme of William , the Whig King . Louis had provoked it by recog- 84 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
... Whig war . It was the favourite scheme of William , the Whig King . Louis had provoked it by recog- 84 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
Page 85
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. the Whig King . Louis had provoked it by recog- nising , as sovereign of England , a prince peculiarly hateful to the Whigs . It had placed England in a position of marked hostility to that power ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. the Whig King . Louis had provoked it by recog- nising , as sovereign of England , a prince peculiarly hateful to the Whigs . It had placed England in a position of marked hostility to that power ...
Page 86
... Whigs , called Harley and St. John to power , and dissolved the Parliament . The elections went strongly against the ... Whig system . The general by whom the English armies had constantly been led to vic- tory , and for whom it was ...
... Whigs , called Harley and St. John to power , and dissolved the Parliament . The elections went strongly against the ... Whig system . The general by whom the English armies had constantly been led to vic- tory , and for whom it was ...
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