The History of England from The Revolution to the Death of George the Second: (designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History) : in Five Volumes |
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... defired the former , he required a clear and formal declaration , or pofitive affurance , that fhe had no intention to attack him , either this year or the next ; but he fhould look upon an am- biguous answer as a declaration of war ...
... defired the former , he required a clear and formal declaration , or pofitive affurance , that fhe had no intention to attack him , either this year or the next ; but he fhould look upon an am- biguous answer as a declaration of war ...
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... defired nothing more ardently , than the happy minute that fhould procure him the fatisfaction of restoring to his Polish Majefty his hereditary dominions , which he had feized only as a facred depofitum . By his minifter at Drefden ...
... defired nothing more ardently , than the happy minute that fhould procure him the fatisfaction of restoring to his Polish Majefty his hereditary dominions , which he had feized only as a facred depofitum . By his minifter at Drefden ...
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... defired the King of Poland would feparate his army , by ordering his troops to return to their former quar- ters . His Polish Majefty did not like to be so tu- tored in his own dominions : he depended for his own fafety more upon the ...
... defired the King of Poland would feparate his army , by ordering his troops to return to their former quar- ters . His Polish Majefty did not like to be so tu- tored in his own dominions : he depended for his own fafety more upon the ...
Page 41
... could grant her no fuccour , whatever affistance he might demand . The King's meffage met with as favourable a reception as he could have defired . It was read in the Houfe of VI . 1757 . III . $ 757 : BOOK - of Commons , GEORGE II . 48.
... could grant her no fuccour , whatever affistance he might demand . The King's meffage met with as favourable a reception as he could have defired . It was read in the Houfe of VI . 1757 . III . $ 757 : BOOK - of Commons , GEORGE II . 48.
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... defired effect on the ninth day of April , Mr. Pitt , by his Majesty's command , refigned the feals of Se- cretary of State for the fouthern department . In the room of Mr. Legge , the King was pleafed to grant the office of Chancellor ...
... defired effect on the ninth day of April , Mr. Pitt , by his Majesty's command , refigned the feals of Se- cretary of State for the fouthern department . In the room of Mr. Legge , the King was pleafed to grant the office of Chancellor ...
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