Annals of the Reign of King George the Third: From Its Commencement in the Year 1760, to the General Peace in the Year 1815, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 - Great Britain |
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Page 353 - ... my government. With such support, and aided by a vigorous and united administration, formed on the most liberal basis, I shall look with additional confidence to a prosperous issue of the most arduous contest in which Great Britain was ever engaged. You are authorised to communicate these sentiments to lord Grey, who, I have no doubt, will make them known to lord Grenville.
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