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“ His carriage , ” says Clarendon , “ throughout that agitation , was with that rare temper and modesty , that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person , to make him less resolute in his cause ...
“ His carriage , ” says Clarendon , “ throughout that agitation , was with that rare temper and modesty , that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person , to make him less resolute in his cause ...
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Still we must say , in justice to the many eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be more absurd than the imputations ...
Still we must say , in justice to the many eminent persons who concurred in it , and in justice more particularly to the eminent person who defended it , that nothing can be more absurd than the imputations ...
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He wished to find some person who would be willing to accept the lead of the House of Commons on terms similar to those on which Secretary Craggs had acted under Sunderland , five - and - thirty years before .
He wished to find some person who would be willing to accept the lead of the House of Commons on terms similar to those on which Secretary Craggs had acted under Sunderland , five - and - thirty years before .
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ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
MACHIAVELLI | 38 |
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 73 |
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