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... returned quietly to England without meeting any enemy on the way . Howard's caution , which was with him a matter of temperament rather than ( as is sometimes asserted ) of age , was un- doubtedly responsible for the comparatively small ...
... returned quietly to England without meeting any enemy on the way . Howard's caution , which was with him a matter of temperament rather than ( as is sometimes asserted ) of age , was un- doubtedly responsible for the comparatively small ...
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... returned for the borough . In parliament he joined Fox in ac- tively opposing the prosecution of the Ame- rican war . He became deputy lieutenant of Sussex on 1 June 1781 , deputy earl - marshal of England on 30 Aug. 1782 , and lord ...
... returned for the borough . In parliament he joined Fox in ac- tively opposing the prosecution of the Ame- rican war . He became deputy lieutenant of Sussex on 1 June 1781 , deputy earl - marshal of England on 30 Aug. 1782 , and lord ...
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... returned to the Isle of Wight . In the beginning of August he sailed again for Brest with twenty - five great ships . The French had meantime prepared a fleet of thirty ships . It is impossible to form any correct estimate of the ...
... returned to the Isle of Wight . In the beginning of August he sailed again for Brest with twenty - five great ships . The French had meantime prepared a fleet of thirty ships . It is impossible to form any correct estimate of the ...
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... returned to its former anchorage , and contented itself with closely blockading the port ; while the French , on their side , anticipating a renewal of the attempt , moved their ships close in under the guns of the castle , mounted ...
... returned to its former anchorage , and contented itself with closely blockading the port ; while the French , on their side , anticipating a renewal of the attempt , moved their ships close in under the guns of the castle , mounted ...
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... returned in 1848 to the House of Commons as M.P. for Horsham . From 1853 to 1868 he was M.P. for Arundel , but was rejected by that constituency in the general election of 1868. On 9 Dec. 1869 he was created a peer of the United King ...
... returned in 1848 to the House of Commons as M.P. for Horsham . From 1853 to 1868 he was M.P. for Arundel , but was rejected by that constituency in the general election of 1868. On 9 Dec. 1869 he was created a peer of the United King ...
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