Kings and Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth Century EnglandVintage Books, 1942 - 298 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... later years of the war increased England's risks and diminished her hopes , for France - helping the Americans in order to hurt the British - also went to war against England ; Spain followed France , and Holland , Spain . Thereafter ...
... later years of the war increased England's risks and diminished her hopes , for France - helping the Americans in order to hurt the British - also went to war against England ; Spain followed France , and Holland , Spain . Thereafter ...
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... later so impetu- ous a figure must strike out on his own ; sooner or later , for that matter , the King was resolved to be rid of him . The moment arrived when Fox voted against the ministry . He was handed a dry note from Lord North ...
... later so impetu- ous a figure must strike out on his own ; sooner or later , for that matter , the King was resolved to be rid of him . The moment arrived when Fox voted against the ministry . He was handed a dry note from Lord North ...
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... later stages he unfortunately lacked the inclination : once the shadow of revolution fell across Europe , Pitt sounded a retreat ; progress was sacrificed to Pitt's conception of duty . It does not matter much whether Pitt , in his ...
... later stages he unfortunately lacked the inclination : once the shadow of revolution fell across Europe , Pitt sounded a retreat ; progress was sacrificed to Pitt's conception of duty . It does not matter much whether Pitt , in his ...
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