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... minister this nation has enjoyed fince his Majesty's accession , is tlic Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have secn - are Lord Delpenser and Mr. George Grenvillc ; and under the description of men of virtue and ...
... minister this nation has enjoyed fince his Majesty's accession , is tlic Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have secn - are Lord Delpenser and Mr. George Grenvillc ; and under the description of men of virtue and ...
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... ministers be enlarged , and just , and well confirmed , upon all these subjects . What notions this author entertains , we shall see presently ; notions in my opinion very irrational , and extremely dangerous ; and which , if they ...
... ministers be enlarged , and just , and well confirmed , upon all these subjects . What notions this author entertains , we shall see presently ; notions in my opinion very irrational , and extremely dangerous ; and which , if they ...
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... ministerial system should be formed , actuated by such maxims as are avowed in this picce , the viccs of the present niinistry would become tlieir virtues ; their indolence would be the greatest of all publick benefits , and a ...
... ministerial system should be formed , actuated by such maxims as are avowed in this picce , the viccs of the present niinistry would become tlieir virtues ; their indolence would be the greatest of all publick benefits , and a ...
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... minister , he is the true friend to Britain , who shall be able to restorc it . To return to the security for the peace . The author tells us , that the original great purposes of the war were more than accomplished by thc treaty ...
... minister , he is the true friend to Britain , who shall be able to restorc it . To return to the security for the peace . The author tells us , that the original great purposes of the war were more than accomplished by thc treaty ...
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... ministers of the same monarch . The Spanish minister received his instructions , not from Madrid ; but from Versailles . This was not hid from our ministers at home , and the discovery ought to have alarmed them , if the good of their ...
... ministers of the same monarch . The Spanish minister received his instructions , not from Madrid ; but from Versailles . This was not hid from our ministers at home , and the discovery ought to have alarmed them , if the good of their ...
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