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... Duke of Devonshire , Mr. O'Brien's Life of C. S. Parnell , and the Memorials of Roundell Palmer , Earl of Selborne . The Novels of Disraeli seem to me hardly less worthy of study than his Speeches , and his brilliant Life of Lord George ...
... Duke of Devonshire , Mr. O'Brien's Life of C. S. Parnell , and the Memorials of Roundell Palmer , Earl of Selborne . The Novels of Disraeli seem to me hardly less worthy of study than his Speeches , and his brilliant Life of Lord George ...
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... Duke of Wellington - Disraeli's Second Budget - End of Protection . CHAPTER XII · THE COALITION AND THE CRIMEAN WAR ( 1852-1855 ) . The Coalition Ministry - Attitude of Lord John Russell - Gladstone's First Budget - Causes of the ...
... Duke of Wellington - Disraeli's Second Budget - End of Protection . CHAPTER XII · THE COALITION AND THE CRIMEAN WAR ( 1852-1855 ) . The Coalition Ministry - Attitude of Lord John Russell - Gladstone's First Budget - Causes of the ...
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... Duke of Bridgewater , Telford and Macadam , gave to labour a new mobility and facilitated enormously the exchange of commod- ities . Down to the accession of George III . England , in regard to means of transport , was the most backward ...
... Duke of Bridgewater , Telford and Macadam , gave to labour a new mobility and facilitated enormously the exchange of commod- ities . Down to the accession of George III . England , in regard to means of transport , was the most backward ...
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... Duke of Portland from 1807-1809 ; and as Secretary for the Colonies and War ( 1809- 1812 ) he was immediately responsible for the conduct of the war in the Peninsula . He was not included in the ministry of " All the Talents , " but he ...
... Duke of Portland from 1807-1809 ; and as Secretary for the Colonies and War ( 1809- 1812 ) he was immediately responsible for the conduct of the war in the Peninsula . He was not included in the ministry of " All the Talents , " but he ...
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... Duke of Saxe - Coburg . Her refusal to marry William , Prince of Orange , foiled Castlereagh's favourite project ; but it did not diminish her general popularity , and her marriage to Prince Leopold was heartily acclaimed by those who ...
... Duke of Saxe - Coburg . Her refusal to marry William , Prince of Orange , foiled Castlereagh's favourite project ; but it did not diminish her general popularity , and her marriage to Prince Leopold was heartily acclaimed by those who ...
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