The English nation; or, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen, Volumen 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... object , it at once became my positive duty , however wounded in pride and ambition , to relinquish it , and if I had not been already satisfied on the subject , the increased opposition in the Dardanelles would have convinced me I had ...
... object , it at once became my positive duty , however wounded in pride and ambition , to relinquish it , and if I had not been already satisfied on the subject , the increased opposition in the Dardanelles would have convinced me I had ...
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... object , for the army refused to give up its prize money to the gover- nor - general . He next turned his attention to the Nabob of Oude , from whose mother and grandmother , the Begums , he managed to extort £ 500,000 . In 1784 he ...
... object , for the army refused to give up its prize money to the gover- nor - general . He next turned his attention to the Nabob of Oude , from whose mother and grandmother , the Begums , he managed to extort £ 500,000 . In 1784 he ...
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... object of envy to some , and of jealousy to others , under the imputation of possessing inordinate wealth , —and when , in addition to the charge of extravagance , I was publicly accused of the most corrupt disposal of it , -I was ...
... object of envy to some , and of jealousy to others , under the imputation of possessing inordinate wealth , —and when , in addition to the charge of extravagance , I was publicly accused of the most corrupt disposal of it , -I was ...
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... object is to sap and undermine the whole criminal law of England . Such insinuations and assertions have not , I am well aware , been made by any of my honourable and learned friends by whom I am now surrounded , and who have witnessed ...
... object is to sap and undermine the whole criminal law of England . Such insinuations and assertions have not , I am well aware , been made by any of my honourable and learned friends by whom I am now surrounded , and who have witnessed ...
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... object of his destination , than he encountered a storm which dispersed the greater part of his fleet . What contributed to make his situation still more alarming and disagreeable at the critical moment , was the appearance of the Count ...
... object of his destination , than he encountered a storm which dispersed the greater part of his fleet . What contributed to make his situation still more alarming and disagreeable at the critical moment , was the appearance of the Count ...
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