The Beauties of the British Senate: Taken from the Debates of the Lords and Commons, from the Beginning of the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, to the End of the Second Session of the Administration of the Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts From, the Most Eminent Speeches ... , with the Names of the Members, to Whom They are Ascribed, Annexed Thereto : to which is Prefixed, the Life of Sir Robert Walpole, Volume 2John Stockdale, 1786 - 351 páginas |
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... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful ... honourable and learned gentleman , who fits oppofite to me now , and who is ... honourable gentlemen in this Houfe , could be ap- pealed to as evidence of the ...
... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful ... honourable and learned gentleman , who fits oppofite to me now , and who is ... honourable gentlemen in this Houfe , could be ap- pealed to as evidence of the ...
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... right honourable gentleman oppofite [ Mr. Pitt ] knows it ; it was a fecret dif- closed to the Treasury , when he was Chancellor of the Ex- chequer , and , I doubt not , he will not deny it . By these difallowances I reduce the balance ...
... right honourable gentleman oppofite [ Mr. Pitt ] knows it ; it was a fecret dif- closed to the Treasury , when he was Chancellor of the Ex- chequer , and , I doubt not , he will not deny it . By these difallowances I reduce the balance ...
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... right honourable gentleman oppofite to me [ Mr. Pitt ] and his friends been loud in calling out for a system , complete and well digefted ? Have they not faid , no palli- atives , no half measures ! Let the learned gentlemen op- pofite ...
... right honourable gentleman oppofite to me [ Mr. Pitt ] and his friends been loud in calling out for a system , complete and well digefted ? Have they not faid , no palli- atives , no half measures ! Let the learned gentlemen op- pofite ...
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... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts F Great Britain. Parliament. House ... honourable gentleman , whose zealous ardour carries him generally too far , was loud in declaring that all was peace in ...
... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts F Great Britain. Parliament. House ... honourable gentleman , whose zealous ardour carries him generally too far , was loud in declaring that all was peace in ...
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... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts F Great Britain. Parliament. Stuart , put together , dared not to do , feize upon charters by force and ... right honourable gentleman , whose 38 BEAUTIES OF THE.
... Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts F Great Britain. Parliament. Stuart , put together , dared not to do , feize upon charters by force and ... right honourable gentleman , whose 38 BEAUTIES OF THE.
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