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Page 374
... Whigs were , not perhaps in number , but certainly in ability , experience , and weight , by far the most important ... Whigs . It was to the Whigs in Opposition , the Patriots , as they were called , that the most distinguished of the ...
... Whigs were , not perhaps in number , but certainly in ability , experience , and weight , by far the most important ... Whigs . It was to the Whigs in Opposition , the Patriots , as they were called , that the most distinguished of the ...
Page 406
... Whigs were created peers and baronets . Though most of the clergy were Tories , none but Whigs were appointed deans and bishops . In every county , opulent and well descended Tory squires complained that their names were left out of the ...
... Whigs were created peers and baronets . Though most of the clergy were Tories , none but Whigs were appointed deans and bishops . In every county , opulent and well descended Tory squires complained that their names were left out of the ...
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... Whigs ? What , on the other hand , was there in common between him and the King's friends , that he should lend himself to their purposes , he who had never owed anything to flattery or intrigue , he whose eloquence and independent ...
... Whigs ? What , on the other hand , was there in common between him and the King's friends , that he should lend himself to their purposes , he who had never owed anything to flattery or intrigue , he whose eloquence and independent ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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