The Life of the Rt. Hon. George CanningHarper, 1855 - 363 pages |
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... king , they were censured or imprisoned . The result was , that convictions were obtained in almost every case . Leland says that " there are not wanting proofs of the most iniquitous practices , of hardened cruelty , of vile perjury ...
... king , they were censured or imprisoned . The result was , that convictions were obtained in almost every case . Leland says that " there are not wanting proofs of the most iniquitous practices , of hardened cruelty , of vile perjury ...
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... King James II . at Dublin , A.D. 1690 . George Canning . Stratford Canning , father of Sir Stratford Canning . Landed Gentry " -a work of extraordinary research and incalculable utility . * The particulars concerning the elder ( Foxcote ) ...
... King James II . at Dublin , A.D. 1690 . George Canning . Stratford Canning , father of Sir Stratford Canning . Landed Gentry " -a work of extraordinary research and incalculable utility . * The particulars concerning the elder ( Foxcote ) ...
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... King and Constitution " upon them . This was the costume Horne Tooke , Hardy , and the Reformers used to wear , for the wearing of which , or for what it implied , they were indicted as traitors only ten years afterward . 6 % * Madame d ...
... King and Constitution " upon them . This was the costume Horne Tooke , Hardy , and the Reformers used to wear , for the wearing of which , or for what it implied , they were indicted as traitors only ten years afterward . 6 % * Madame d ...
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... king , and establish a republic ; " and so he suspended the Habeas Cor- pus Act . Resolved not to be betrayed into the snare , they lay a petition before the Legislature , explaining what it is they do mean ; but he will not hear them ...
... king , and establish a republic ; " and so he suspended the Habeas Cor- pus Act . Resolved not to be betrayed into the snare , they lay a petition before the Legislature , explaining what it is they do mean ; but he will not hear them ...
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... king's death , " ought to have exposed the hypocrisy . But the French Rev- olution threw its lurid shadows over men's minds , and they took in all impressions through that dis torting medium . The effect produced by the Revolution in ...
... king's death , " ought to have exposed the hypocrisy . But the French Rev- olution threw its lurid shadows over men's minds , and they took in all impressions through that dis torting medium . The effect produced by the Revolution in ...
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