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... , SCorch , INNER , AND CONTINENTAL NOBILITY . 194 258 VI . LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF IRELAND 325 VIL . THE SECOND ARMADA . 384 VIII . THE PURCHASE SYSTEM 39 ESSAYS . THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE.
... , SCorch , INNER , AND CONTINENTAL NOBILITY . 194 258 VI . LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF IRELAND 325 VIL . THE SECOND ARMADA . 384 VIII . THE PURCHASE SYSTEM 39 ESSAYS . THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE.
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... , SCOTCH , IRISH , AND CONTINENTAL NOBILITY 258 VI . LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF IRELAND 325 VII . THE SECOND ARMADA . VIII . THE PURCHASE SYSTEM 384 396 ESSAYS . THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE.
... , SCOTCH , IRISH , AND CONTINENTAL NOBILITY 258 VI . LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF IRELAND 325 VII . THE SECOND ARMADA . VIII . THE PURCHASE SYSTEM 384 396 ESSAYS . THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT : ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE.
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... Chancellor . ' And the King replied : Codsfish , what a fool you have for a Lord Treasurer . ' The Lord Chancellor was Shaftesbury , and the Lord Treasurer Clifford . The first day Shaftesbury presided as Lord Chan- cellor , he gave ...
... Chancellor . ' And the King replied : Codsfish , what a fool you have for a Lord Treasurer . ' The Lord Chancellor was Shaftesbury , and the Lord Treasurer Clifford . The first day Shaftesbury presided as Lord Chan- cellor , he gave ...
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... Chancellor , could not beard Pitt , the Premier , with impunity . Stick to Pitt , ' was his advice to Scott ( Lord Eldon ) . He has tripped up my heels ; and I would have tripped up his if I could . I confess I did not think the King ...
... Chancellor , could not beard Pitt , the Premier , with impunity . Stick to Pitt , ' was his advice to Scott ( Lord Eldon ) . He has tripped up my heels ; and I would have tripped up his if I could . I confess I did not think the King ...
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... Chancellor ( Lord Hatherley ) in the debate on the appointment of Sir Robert Collier . This ( said the Lord Chancellor ) is as clearly a party manœuvre as ever came before Parliament . ' . . . But , my lords , I tell you plainly , I ...
... Chancellor ( Lord Hatherley ) in the debate on the appointment of Sir Robert Collier . This ( said the Lord Chancellor ) is as clearly a party manœuvre as ever came before Parliament . ' . . . But , my lords , I tell you plainly , I ...
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