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... tion had been paid , we might by this time have had as many gun - boats as the enemy . * Captain Markham ( a lord of the admiralty ( said he should not boast of his experience , but the experi ence of his colleague , sir Thomas ...
... tion had been paid , we might by this time have had as many gun - boats as the enemy . * Captain Markham ( a lord of the admiralty ( said he should not boast of his experience , but the experi ence of his colleague , sir Thomas ...
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... tion , when no charge could be brought against him for misconduct . Mr. secretary Yorke did not know that general Fox had been recalled . Differences had existed between him and the lord lieutenant , which made it necessary that one of ...
... tion , when no charge could be brought against him for misconduct . Mr. secretary Yorke did not know that general Fox had been recalled . Differences had existed between him and the lord lieutenant , which made it necessary that one of ...
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... tion . He then argued , at great length , on the importance of hav- ing as large a regular army as pos- sible , and of employing , as irregu- lars , the armed peasantry of the country , instead of a volunteer force . After a ...
... tion . He then argued , at great length , on the importance of hav- ing as large a regular army as pos- sible , and of employing , as irregu- lars , the armed peasantry of the country , instead of a volunteer force . After a ...
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... tion was not now upon the princi- ple , for that had been adopted . It was upon a bill which proposed for its object the improvement of the volunteer system . He thought , in times like the present , the govern- ment had not only a ...
... tion was not now upon the princi- ple , for that had been adopted . It was upon a bill which proposed for its object the improvement of the volunteer system . He thought , in times like the present , the govern- ment had not only a ...
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... tion of force . Mr. Windham said , that he ne- ver went so far as to wish govern- ment to disband the militia , but , at the same time , he must object to its further augmentation . Govern ment had already got together 400.000 ...
... tion of force . Mr. Windham said , that he ne- ver went so far as to wish govern- ment to disband the militia , but , at the same time , he must object to its further augmentation . Govern ment had already got together 400.000 ...
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