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A. D.
1726. His adventures in England
Goes to Marocco, and becomes a Bashaw
Failure of the Spaniards
Preliminaries of Peace signed at Paris
Intrigues of Bolingbroke with the Duchess of Kendal
His interview with the King
The King sets out for Hanover
His illness and death, on his journey
Account of his Consort, Sophia-Dorothea of Zell
His Majesty's Will
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His policy pursued by Lord Townshend
Letter of George the First
Impatience of the Queen of Spain
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1729. Debates in Parliament upon this subject Mission of William Stanhope to Spain He concludes the Treaty of Seville
1730. He is created Lord Harrington
Quarrel between Walpole and Townshend
Townshend resigns
The Jacobite party
CHAPTER XVI.
1731. Ascendency of Walpole in the Cabinet
English substituted for Latin in legal proceedings
Inquiry into the Public Prisons
Lord Harrington, Secretary of State
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The Duke of Newcastle, his colleague
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Weakness of the Opposition
155
Duke of Bolton and Lord Cobham deprived of their
regiments
Lord Talbot, Chancellor
War for the Crown of Poland
1734. Conquest of Naples by the Spaniards
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1734. Campaign on the Rhine
Marshal Berwick is killed
Proceedings in Parliament
Motions on the dismissal of Bolton and Cobham Motion for Repeal of the Septennial Act
Speech of Walpole
Dissolution of Parliament and General Election
1735. Bolingbroke retires to France
His disagreement with Pulteney
CHAPTER XVII.
Negotiations abroad
Mission of Abbé Strickland to England
Preliminaries of Peace concluded
Dispute between the Courts of Spain and Portugal
1736. Correspondence of Walpole with Cardinal Fleury
The Dissenters' attempt to repeal the Test Act
Bill for the relief of Quakers
1737. Bill of Penalties against the city of Edinburgh
The most obnoxious clauses dropt
Sir John Barnard
His plan to reduce the interest of the National Debt
Frederick Prince of Wales in Opposition
His marriage
Complaints of his narrow income
Motion of Pulteney for increasing it
The High Tories refuse to vote
The Prince conveys the Princess from Hampton Court
She is delivered of a daughter
Irritation of the King
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Playhouse Bill of Walpole
Sufferings of authors under his administration
Their attacks upon him
His mercenary writers
Queen Caroline, a patron of learning
Introduction of Swift in 1726
His last journey to England in 1727
His Gulliver's Travels
He retires to Ireland in disgust
Complaints of Gay against the Queen
His Beggar's Opera and Polly
Licentiousness of the Stage
Splendid speech of Lord Chesterfield
Consequences of this enactment
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Whitefield commences field-preaching
The same course pursued by Wesley
Breach between the Methodists and the Moravians
And between Wesley and Whitefield
Enthusiasm of the first Methodists
Their excellent organization
Attachment of Wesley to the Church of England
His doctrines
State of the Church at that period
Alienation between the higher and lower clergy
State of the Universities
Useful impulse given by the Methodists
Wesley in Ireland
His journeys throughout England
The Methodists at Newcastle
Converts from the poorer classes
Popular violence and insults to the preachers
Political principles of the Wesleys
The Jumpers
Methodist soldiers at Fontenoy
Wesley's domestic life
His death
His daily journal
His great authority over his followers
Preaching of Whitefield
He dies in America