Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 17
... Whig term accession , which might imply legality , was altered into a statement of the simple fact of King George's arrival . ' 2 Now Johnson , though a bigoted Tory , was not quite such a fool as Mr. Croker here repre- sents him to be ...
... Whig term accession , which might imply legality , was altered into a statement of the simple fact of King George's arrival . ' 2 Now Johnson , though a bigoted Tory , was not quite such a fool as Mr. Croker here repre- sents him to be ...
Page 34
... Whigs . Steele was a commissioner of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords WALPOLE AND LITERATURE 35 Justices of Ireland ...
... Whigs . Steele was a commissioner of stamps and a member of Parliament . Arthur Mainwaring was a commissioner of the customs , and auditor of the imprest . Tickell was secretary to the Lords WALPOLE AND LITERATURE 35 Justices of Ireland ...
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... Whig party in zeal for the encourage- ment of letters . But soon after the accession of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House ...
... Whig party in zeal for the encourage- ment of letters . But soon after the accession of the house of Hanover a change took place . The supreme power passed to a man who cared little for poetry or eloquence . The importance of the House ...
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... Whig . Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough . ' 999 One of the old philosophers , Lord Bacon tells us , used to say that life and death were just the same to him . ' Why then , ' said ...
... Whig . Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough . ' 999 One of the old philosophers , Lord Bacon tells us , used to say that life and death were just the same to him . ' Why then , ' said ...
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... Whigs in 1681. Thus it was that an equally violent reaction took place in favour of George the Third against the coalition in 1784. A similar reaction was beginning to take place during the second year of the Long Parliament . Some ...
... Whigs in 1681. Thus it was that an equally violent reaction took place in favour of George the Third against the coalition in 1784. A similar reaction was beginning to take place during the second year of the Long Parliament . Some ...
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