Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III.C. Knight & Company, 1839 - Great Britain |
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Page 69
... ministry and another . The less he is in general accustomed to this burden , the more hard does he find it to bear when he has no minister to cast it upon . Accordingly kings are peculiarly helpless , extremely anxious , and not a ...
... ministry and another . The less he is in general accustomed to this burden , the more hard does he find it to bear when he has no minister to cast it upon . Accordingly kings are peculiarly helpless , extremely anxious , and not a ...
Page 77
... minister , and seemed to have no effect upon his habitually placid deportment , nor to consume his endless patience , while they wearied out his impla- cable antagonists . By a plain homely answer he could blunt the edge of the fiercest ...
... minister , and seemed to have no effect upon his habitually placid deportment , nor to consume his endless patience , while they wearied out his impla- cable antagonists . By a plain homely answer he could blunt the edge of the fiercest ...
Page 238
... minister , nay , whether or not there was any minister at all , may be added to the account ; but can have little or no influence upon the estimate to be formed of his belligerent admi- nistration . When , after a most culpable refusal ...
... minister , nay , whether or not there was any minister at all , may be added to the account ; but can have little or no influence upon the estimate to be formed of his belligerent admi- nistration . When , after a most culpable refusal ...
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