The English nation; or, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen, Том 5A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... Lord Keith , 914. Thomas , Lord Erskine , 915. Charles Grant , 1916. Howard , Earl of Carlisle , 883. Sir John Thomas Duckworth , 2 917. John Cartwright , 185 208 Page · 378 380 · 384 392 394 395 396. I. POLITICAL SERIES . ( Continued ...
... Lord Keith , 914. Thomas , Lord Erskine , 915. Charles Grant , 1916. Howard , Earl of Carlisle , 883. Sir John Thomas Duckworth , 2 917. John Cartwright , 185 208 Page · 378 380 · 384 392 394 395 396. I. POLITICAL SERIES . ( Continued ...
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... lord - chancellor of Ireland , which office he resigned in 1807 ; and on Lord Grey's removal to the upper house , he succeeded him as nominal leader of the opposition in the commons . His time having been for the greater part previously ...
... lord - chancellor of Ireland , which office he resigned in 1807 ; and on Lord Grey's removal to the upper house , he succeeded him as nominal leader of the opposition in the commons . His time having been for the greater part previously ...
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... Lord Ellenborough . BORN A. D. 1750. — died a . D. 1818 . THIS eminent judge was a native of the county of Cumberland , and was son of Dr Edmund Law , bishop of Carlisle . He was educated , until he arrived at the age of twelve years ...
... Lord Ellenborough . BORN A. D. 1750. — died a . D. 1818 . THIS eminent judge was a native of the county of Cumberland , and was son of Dr Edmund Law , bishop of Carlisle . He was educated , until he arrived at the age of twelve years ...
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... Lord Kenyon , who took every opportunity to thwart and harass him . This conduct on the part of Lord Kenyon once drew from Law a very happy quotation . Erskine , who was engaged on the opposite side , had made a very violent speech ...
... Lord Kenyon , who took every opportunity to thwart and harass him . This conduct on the part of Lord Kenyon once drew from Law a very happy quotation . Erskine , who was engaged on the opposite side , had made a very violent speech ...
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... Lord Ellenborough , on the contrary , has enjoyed every advantage of opportunity and training , and has , during the whole of his life , displayed an industry no less un- common than the abilities by which it was directed . " 2 On the ...
... Lord Ellenborough , on the contrary , has enjoyed every advantage of opportunity and training , and has , during the whole of his life , displayed an industry no less un- common than the abilities by which it was directed . " 2 On the ...
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