Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1890 |
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Page 271
... tion , and discernment of the Commons . They had indeed no great temptation to do wrong . They would have been very bad judges of an accusation brought against Jenkinson or against Wilkes . But the ques- tion respecting Clive was not a ...
... tion , and discernment of the Commons . They had indeed no great temptation to do wrong . They would have been very bad judges of an accusation brought against Jenkinson or against Wilkes . But the ques- tion respecting Clive was not a ...
Page 885
... tion to the House of Commons , 727 . His failure as a speaker , 727. His popularity and talents for conversa- tion , 730 , 781. His timidity and constraint among strangers , 781. His favourite associates , 730-785 . Be- comes Chief ...
... tion to the House of Commons , 727 . His failure as a speaker , 727. His popularity and talents for conversa- tion , 730 , 781. His timidity and constraint among strangers , 781. His favourite associates , 730-785 . Be- comes Chief ...
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... tion , 673 Wales , Frederic Prince of , joined the opposition to Walpole , i . 641. His marriage , 642. Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber , 648. His death , 655. Headed the opposi- tion , ii . 787. His sneer at the Earl of Bute ...
... tion , 673 Wales , Frederic Prince of , joined the opposition to Walpole , i . 641. His marriage , 642. Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber , 648. His death , 655. Headed the opposi- tion , ii . 787. His sneer at the Earl of Bute ...
Contents
THE SECOND VOLUME | 12 |
GLADSTONE ON CHURCH AND STATE April 1839 | 107 |
LORD CLIVE Jan 1840 | 180 |
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