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Page 248
... Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either confides in Ministers or ...
... Second than to any Ministers of later times ; for , in the time of Charles the Second , the House was checking Ministers in whom it did not confide . Now that its ascendency is fully established , it either confides in Ministers or ...
Page 369
... second was the celebrated William Pitt . He was born in November , 1708. About the early part of his life little more is known than that he was educated at Eton , and that at seventeen he was entered at Trinity College , Oxford . During ...
... second was the celebrated William Pitt . He was born in November , 1708. About the early part of his life little more is known than that he was educated at Eton , and that at seventeen he was entered at Trinity College , Oxford . During ...
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... Second , and James the Second , in spite of the greatest faults , and in the midst of the greatest misfortunes , received innumerable proofs . Those Whigs who stood by the new dynasty so manfully with purse and sword did so on ...
... Second , and James the Second , in spite of the greatest faults , and in the midst of the greatest misfortunes , received innumerable proofs . Those Whigs who stood by the new dynasty so manfully with purse and sword did so on ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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