The English nation; or, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen, Том 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... Catholics . A true insight into his character may be gained from the few words used by Lord Gren- ville , when he assigned him a seat at the council - board : " I thought I perceived bad times approaching , and I selected him as a ...
... Catholics . A true insight into his character may be gained from the few words used by Lord Gren- ville , when he assigned him a seat at the council - board : " I thought I perceived bad times approaching , and I selected him as a ...
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... Catholic peasantry of Ireland had been discontented , not so much with the pay- ment of tithes to Protestant pastors , as with the rigid and oppressive manner in which they had been collected by proctors and tithe - farmers . The ...
... Catholic peasantry of Ireland had been discontented , not so much with the pay- ment of tithes to Protestant pastors , as with the rigid and oppressive manner in which they had been collected by proctors and tithe - farmers . The ...
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... Catholics to the elec- tive franchise . From his first entrance into parliament he had always been the decided friend of every measure which tended to abolish those political distinctions , which are founded only on a difference of ...
... Catholics to the elec- tive franchise . From his first entrance into parliament he had always been the decided friend of every measure which tended to abolish those political distinctions , which are founded only on a difference of ...
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... Catholic question have not been excelled by the greatest of native British orators . Yet he did not , of late years ... Catholics , and to support it in parliament , although it was strongly urged by his friends that the exertion would ...
... Catholic question have not been excelled by the greatest of native British orators . Yet he did not , of late years ... Catholics , and to support it in parliament , although it was strongly urged by his friends that the exertion would ...
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... Catholic faith , but publicly abjured the errors of that church in the year 1780 , and soon afterwards obtained a seat in the house of commons as member for the city of Carlisle . He immediately joined the party in opposition to North ...
... Catholic faith , but publicly abjured the errors of that church in the year 1780 , and soon afterwards obtained a seat in the house of commons as member for the city of Carlisle . He immediately joined the party in opposition to North ...
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