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Pagina 82
... Sir Bevil Grenville , who , as he returned from the government of Barbadoes , died at sea . He continued to serve in ... Robert Walpole . Next year , when the violence of party made 83 twelve peers in a day , Mr. Granville became ...
... Sir Bevil Grenville , who , as he returned from the government of Barbadoes , died at sea . He continued to serve in ... Robert Walpole . Next year , when the violence of party made 83 twelve peers in a day , Mr. Granville became ...
Pagina 97
... Sir Robert Walpole by marrying his sis ter . He was born about 1710 , and educated at Westminster - school ; but it does not appear that he was of any university . He was equerry to the Prince of Wales , and seems to have come very ...
... Sir Robert Walpole by marrying his sis ter . He was born about 1710 , and educated at Westminster - school ; but it does not appear that he was of any university . He was equerry to the Prince of Wales , and seems to have come very ...
Pagina 138
... the law , On one so old your sword you scorn to draw . Uncag'd then , let the harmless monster rage , Secure in dulness , madness , want , and age . Dr. J. 3 139 negyric on Sir Robert Walpole , for which he 138 SAVAGE .
... the law , On one so old your sword you scorn to draw . Uncag'd then , let the harmless monster rage , Secure in dulness , madness , want , and age . Dr. J. 3 139 negyric on Sir Robert Walpole , for which he 138 SAVAGE .
Pagina 139
... Sir Robert Walpole , and in conversation men- tioned him sometimes with acrimony , and gene- rally with contempt ; as he was one of those who was always , zealous in his assertions of the jus- tice of the late opposition , jealous of ...
... Sir Robert Walpole , and in conversation men- tioned him sometimes with acrimony , and gene- rally with contempt ; as he was one of those who was always , zealous in his assertions of the jus- tice of the late opposition , jealous of ...
Pagina 182
... Sir Robert Walpole , at his levee , the reason of the distinction that was made between him and the other pensioners of the Queen , with a degree of roughness , which perhaps determined him to with- draw what had been only delayed ...
... Sir Robert Walpole , at his levee , the reason of the distinction that was made between him and the other pensioners of the Queen , with a degree of roughness , which perhaps determined him to with- draw what had been only delayed ...
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