A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... , October 28 , 1760. Hist . of the late Minority , pp . 10 , 11. Adolphus , i . 11 . Annual Register , 1760 , p . 142 . cert with our allies ' should be inserted after the Divisions in the Government The King's speech.
... , October 28 , 1760. Hist . of the late Minority , pp . 10 , 11. Adolphus , i . 11 . Annual Register , 1760 , p . 142 . cert with our allies ' should be inserted after the Divisions in the Government The King's speech.
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... Annual Register , 1761 , p . 83 . Chatham Correspondence , ii . 100 , 101 . Walpole to Montagu , March 19 , 1761 . See too Adolphus's Hist . of England , i . 571 , 572 . 2 Adolphus , i . 100 . See the letter of Newcastle to Lord ...
... Annual Register , 1761 , p . 83 . Chatham Correspondence , ii . 100 , 101 . Walpole to Montagu , March 19 , 1761 . See too Adolphus's Hist . of England , i . 571 , 572 . 2 Adolphus , i . 100 . See the letter of Newcastle to Lord ...
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... produced was overthrown , and the party with 1 Adolphus , i . 43 , 44. Hist . of the late Minority , pp . 33-37 . Annual Re- 2 Grenville Papers , i . 411 , 412 . gister , 1761 . 1 " which the King personally sympathised had become the D 2.
... produced was overthrown , and the party with 1 Adolphus , i . 43 , 44. Hist . of the late Minority , pp . 33-37 . Annual Re- 2 Grenville Papers , i . 411 , 412 . gister , 1761 . 1 " which the King personally sympathised had become the D 2.
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... Annual Register , 1762. See too Bedford Correspondence , iii . 130 . 2 See his complaint of the diffi- culty he had to carry on the business CH . X. RESIGNATION OF NEWCASTLE . 41 followed the 40 CH . X. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
... Annual Register , 1762. See too Bedford Correspondence , iii . 130 . 2 See his complaint of the diffi- culty he had to carry on the business CH . X. RESIGNATION OF NEWCASTLE . 41 followed the 40 CH . X. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
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... Annual Register , 1770 , p . 114 . 2 University members and sons of peers were in England exempt . Townshend's History of the House of Commons , ii . 406 . Their subservience had been very bitterly noticed by Jekyll in the last reign ...
... Annual Register , 1770 , p . 114 . 2 University members and sons of peers were in England exempt . Townshend's History of the House of Commons , ii . 406 . Their subservience had been very bitterly noticed by Jekyll in the last reign ...
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Page 338 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 337 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
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