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Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl of Orford - Page 115
by William Coxe - 1816
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 26

1798 - 618 pages
...Sir Robert had heard them all, he assured them, " How conscious he was of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people, the...be carried into execution without an armed force. That there would be an end of the liberty of England, if supplies were to be raised by the sword. If,...
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Memoirs of the Kings of Great Britain of the House of Brunswic-Lunenburg

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1802 - 526 pages
...Their unanimous opinion was, to perfeverc : but fir Robert Walpole declared, " that in the prefent inflamed temper of the people, the act could not be...carried into execution without an armed force, and he would not be the minifter to enforce any fyftem of taxation « the expenfe of blood ; for, if fupplies...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...When Sir Robert had heard them all, he assured them, " How conscious he was of having meant well ; but in the present inflamed temper of the people,...be carried into execution without an armed force. That there would be an end of the liberty of England, if supplies were to be raised by the sword. If,...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...When Sir Robert had heard them all, he assured them, " How conscious he was of having meant well ; but in the present inflamed temper of the people,...be carried into execution without an armed force. That there would be an end of the liberty of England, if supplies were to be raised by the sword. If,...
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The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a History of ...

Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - Administrative and political divisions - 1816 - 544 pages
...concurred with the minister, were for persevering in the measure, but Sir Robert Walpole declared, " that, in the present inflamed temper of the " people, the act could not be carried into exe" cution without an armed force, and he would " not be the minister to enforce any system of " taxation...
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The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents ...

Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...there would be an end of supplies, if mobs were to control the legislature. Walpole, however,said, "In the present inflamed temper of the people, the...raised by the sword. If, therefore, the resolution of this meeting is to proceed with the bill, I shall instantly request the king's permission to resign,...
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The Georgian Era: The royal family. The pretenders and their adherents ...

Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...there would be an end of supplies, if mobs were to control the legislature. Walpole, however, said, "In the present inflamed temper of the people, the...England, if supplies are to be raised by the sword. It, therefore, the resolution of this meeting is to proceed with the bill, I shall instantly request...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles ...

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1838 - 520 pages
...Robert, having heard every one first, declared how conscious he felt of having meant well ; but that, in the present inflamed temper of the people, the...carried into execution without an armed force ; and that he would never be * A Word to the Freeholders and Burgesses of Great Britain, p. 49. On the Belgian...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 pages
...Robert, having heard every one first, declared how conscious he felt of having meant well ; but that, in the present inflamed temper of the people, the...carried into execution without an armed force ; and that he would never be * A Word to the Freeholders and Burgesses of Great Britain, p. 49. On the Belgian...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 2

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1837 - 496 pages
...Robert, having heard every one first, declared how conscious he felt of having meant well ; but that, in the present inflamed temper of the people, the...carried into execution without an armed force ; and that he would never be * A Word to the Freeholders and Burgesses of Great Britain, p. 49. On the Belgian...
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