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Page 141
... course , no Englishman could plead an amnesty granted to the Scots . But , though not an illegal , it was surely an inconsistent and a most unkingly course , after pardoning and promoting the heads of the rebellion in one kingdom , to ...
... course , no Englishman could plead an amnesty granted to the Scots . But , though not an illegal , it was surely an inconsistent and a most unkingly course , after pardoning and promoting the heads of the rebellion in one kingdom , to ...
Page 455
... courses were open to the ministers . The first was to enforce the Stamp Act by the sword . This was the course on which the King , and Grenville , whom the King hated beyond all living men , were alike bent . The natures of both were ...
... courses were open to the ministers . The first was to enforce the Stamp Act by the sword . This was the course on which the King , and Grenville , whom the King hated beyond all living men , were alike bent . The natures of both were ...
Page 629
... course respecting Hastings , except the course which Mr. Pitt took . Such a man might have thought a great example necessary , for the preventing of in- justice , and for the vindicating of the national honour , and might , on that ...
... course respecting Hastings , except the course which Mr. Pitt took . Such a man might have thought a great example necessary , for the preventing of in- justice , and for the vindicating of the national honour , and might , on that ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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