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... lord , who moved the ad- drefs with fo much credit , as to juftify the house in entertaining the moft promifing expectations of him , and the noble lord well knows that it must at all times afford me pecu- liar pleasure to hear him ...
... lord , who moved the ad- drefs with fo much credit , as to juftify the house in entertaining the moft promifing expectations of him , and the noble lord well knows that it must at all times afford me pecu- liar pleasure to hear him ...
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... Lord Auckland declared , that , though he , from the beginning of this bufinefs , firmly believed that it would not be attended with any fuccefs , had yet been of opinion that it was right that the experi- ment fhould be made , for the ...
... Lord Auckland declared , that , though he , from the beginning of this bufinefs , firmly believed that it would not be attended with any fuccefs , had yet been of opinion that it was right that the experi- ment fhould be made , for the ...
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... lord Malmesbury , in his converfation with de la Croix , had propofed any ultimatum . The last note of the directory was actually the be- ginning of negociation on their part . And , what was their pro- pofal ? " You fhall accept the ...
... lord Malmesbury , in his converfation with de la Croix , had propofed any ultimatum . The last note of the directory was actually the be- ginning of negociation on their part . And , what was their pro- pofal ? " You fhall accept the ...
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... lord Malmesbury , faid Mr. Fox , in addreffing the French mi- nifter , fo often brings forward his profeffion of high confideration , I cannot but fmile ; when I recol- le & t that lord Auckland was made a peer , merely because he ...
... lord Malmesbury , faid Mr. Fox , in addreffing the French mi- nifter , fo often brings forward his profeffion of high confideration , I cannot but fmile ; when I recol- le & t that lord Auckland was made a peer , merely because he ...
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... lord Grenville , he contended that M. de la Croix's propofition , of offering an equivalent to the emperor , for the ... lord- ship , on the twenty - third of March , called the attention of the house of lords to a motion , of which he ...
... lord Grenville , he contended that M. de la Croix's propofition , of offering an equivalent to the emperor , for the ... lord- ship , on the twenty - third of March , called the attention of the house of lords to a motion , of which he ...
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