Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, Volumen2Lea and Blanchard, 1848 |
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... Sir Robert Walpole had , before he set out , tied him so fast to the mast that he enjoyed the safety of Ulysses , though he did not , like him , owe that safety to his own prudence and foresight . When new proposals were made to the ...
... Sir Robert Walpole had , before he set out , tied him so fast to the mast that he enjoyed the safety of Ulysses , though he did not , like him , owe that safety to his own prudence and foresight . When new proposals were made to the ...
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... Sir Robert Walpole burst out into a laugh , and said he believed Mrs. Purcel ( the woman who usually dressed the Queen's head ) was a wag . The Queen laughed on this occa- sion too ; but if I know anything of her countenance , with- out ...
... Sir Robert Walpole burst out into a laugh , and said he believed Mrs. Purcel ( the woman who usually dressed the Queen's head ) was a wag . The Queen laughed on this occa- sion too ; but if I know anything of her countenance , with- out ...
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... Sir Robert Walpole was at present in such high favour on things going so well abroad , that he had only now and then his skin a little razed by this edge when it was sharpest , whilst others were sliced and scarified all over ; Sir Robert ...
... Sir Robert Walpole was at present in such high favour on things going so well abroad , that he had only now and then his skin a little razed by this edge when it was sharpest , whilst others were sliced and scarified all over ; Sir Robert ...
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... Lord Harrington's behaviour to Sir Robert Walpole was to the full as extraordinary and impolitic as his conduct to the Queen , and in one very material article much more so , for , as he owed the seals to Sir Robert Walpole , as much as ...
... Lord Harrington's behaviour to Sir Robert Walpole was to the full as extraordinary and impolitic as his conduct to the Queen , and in one very material article much more so , for , as he owed the seals to Sir Robert Walpole , as much as ...
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... Sir Robert Walpole said , he had it himself only during pleasure , and that it would be very odd for him to ask a thing of the Crown in reversion for another in a more ample manner than he possessed it him- self ; and could not help ...
... Sir Robert Walpole said , he had it himself only during pleasure , and that it would be very odd for him to ask a thing of the Crown in reversion for another in a more ample manner than he possessed it him- self ; and could not help ...
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