A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... Judges 27 Changes in the Ministry 28 General election • 29 Arguments for peace . 30 Alliance of France and Spain . Policy of Pitt 32 Resignation of Pitt and Temple • 35 Other victories Pitt accepts a pension for himself and a title for ...
... Judges 27 Changes in the Ministry 28 General election • 29 Arguments for peace . 30 Alliance of France and Spain . Policy of Pitt 32 Resignation of Pitt and Temple • 35 Other victories Pitt accepts a pension for himself and a title for ...
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... judge for the laws which he ad- ministers . The spirit of loyalty , while it remains a powerful adjunct to the spirit of patriotism , has thus ceased to be in any degree prejudicial to liberty . The position of the King in the ...
... judge for the laws which he ad- ministers . The spirit of loyalty , while it remains a powerful adjunct to the spirit of patriotism , has thus ceased to be in any degree prejudicial to liberty . The position of the King in the ...
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... it is said to have been the first cause of his enmity to Bute . -Fitzmaurice's Life of Shelburne , i . 232 . CH . X. CHANGE IN THE TENURE OF JUDGES . 26 CH . X. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . Bute and the Jacobites.
... it is said to have been the first cause of his enmity to Bute . -Fitzmaurice's Life of Shelburne , i . 232 . CH . X. CHANGE IN THE TENURE OF JUDGES . 26 CH . X. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . Bute and the Jacobites.
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... judges irremovable , except by the intervention of Parliament , during the lifetime of the King , had effectually checked the gross sycophancy and subserviency that had long disgraced the judicial bench , but it still left it in the ...
... judges irremovable , except by the intervention of Parliament , during the lifetime of the King , had effectually checked the gross sycophancy and subserviency that had long disgraced the judicial bench , but it still left it in the ...
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... judges , there was much danger lest the King's German dominions should be ultimately absorbed.1 The Tory party had always looked with great aversion on Con- tinental wars , and , as we have seen , there was a strong minority in the ...
... judges , there was much danger lest the King's German dominions should be ultimately absorbed.1 The Tory party had always looked with great aversion on Con- tinental wars , and , as we have seen , there was a strong minority in the ...
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