A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The age of revolutionCassell, 1956 - English-speaking countries |
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... became Marlborough , Godolphin , and Harley , with the Queen and Sarah as before . In Harley's train Henry St John , a young Member who had made himself conspicuous by his brilliant speeches in favour of the Occasional Conformity Bill ...
... became Marlborough , Godolphin , and Harley , with the Queen and Sarah as before . In Harley's train Henry St John , a young Member who had made himself conspicuous by his brilliant speeches in favour of the Occasional Conformity Bill ...
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... became a constitutional question of the first import- ance . Wilkes was charged with seditious libel and outlawed . But his case became a national issue when he returned to fight his Par- liamentary seat . The radical - minded Londoners ...
... became a constitutional question of the first import- ance . Wilkes was charged with seditious libel and outlawed . But his case became a national issue when he returned to fight his Par- liamentary seat . The radical - minded Londoners ...
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... became the senior classical scholar , and the masters wanted him to go to a university . His uncle refused , and sent him to India instead . He was then sixteen years of age . He served the East India Company as a subordinate through ...
... became the senior classical scholar , and the masters wanted him to go to a university . His uncle refused , and sent him to India instead . He was then sixteen years of age . He served the East India Company as a subordinate through ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 3 |
CONTINENTAL WAR | 13 |
THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 23 |
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