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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... sought to be prime minister under Anne ; he had sought again under George I and George II ; and now he had designs of captivating the Prince of Wales , son of George II - who , as it happened , died before his father did . Boling ...
... sought to be prime minister under Anne ; he had sought again under George I and George II ; and now he had designs of captivating the Prince of Wales , son of George II - who , as it happened , died before his father did . Boling ...
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... sought thousands of pounds of back pay from the Queen , and was given them . She departed under a cloud , falsely accused of having mismanaged the privy purse . " Everyone knows , " said Anne , " that cheating is not the Duchess of ...
... sought thousands of pounds of back pay from the Queen , and was given them . She departed under a cloud , falsely accused of having mismanaged the privy purse . " Everyone knows , " said Anne , " that cheating is not the Duchess of ...
Sivu 65
... sought to make him- self out a roué . Bolingbroke , the greatest statesman under Anne , frankly sought to out - Rochester the greatest de- bauchee under Charles II ; and Walpole , the greatest states- man under the first two Georges ...
... sought to make him- self out a roué . Bolingbroke , the greatest statesman under Anne , frankly sought to out - Rochester the greatest de- bauchee under Charles II ; and Walpole , the greatest states- man under the first two Georges ...
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