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... CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS , K. B. XVI . XVII . XVIII . XIX . XX . GEORGE , LORD LYTTELTON · • • THE REV . SNEYD DAVIES , D. D. . DR . WILLIAM COOKE THOMAS AUGUSTine Arne RICHARD , EARL TEMPLE , K. G. XXI . THE RIGHT HON . GEORGE ...
... CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS , K. B. XVI . XVII . XVIII . XIX . XX . GEORGE , LORD LYTTELTON · • • THE REV . SNEYD DAVIES , D. D. . DR . WILLIAM COOKE THOMAS AUGUSTine Arne RICHARD , EARL TEMPLE , K. G. XXI . THE RIGHT HON . GEORGE ...
Pagina 8
John Heneage Jesse. CHAPTER XXVI . DR . JEREMIAH MILLES , F. R. S. XXVII . CHARLES PRATT , EARL CAMDEN XXVIII . JACOB BRYANT PAGE · · 303 · 306 · 324 • 336 • 341 348 • · 356 XXIX . THE REV . THOMAS ASHTON , D. D. XXX . RICHARD WEST ...
John Heneage Jesse. CHAPTER XXVI . DR . JEREMIAH MILLES , F. R. S. XXVII . CHARLES PRATT , EARL CAMDEN XXVIII . JACOB BRYANT PAGE · · 303 · 306 · 324 • 336 • 341 348 • · 356 XXIX . THE REV . THOMAS ASHTON , D. D. XXX . RICHARD WEST ...
Pagina 16
... Charles , second Viscount Townshend , when sec- retary of state , and in that capacity was in atten- dance on George II . during his visit to Hanover in 1729 . He subsequently served for some years as under - secretary of State , under ...
... Charles , second Viscount Townshend , when sec- retary of state , and in that capacity was in atten- dance on George II . during his visit to Hanover in 1729 . He subsequently served for some years as under - secretary of State , under ...
Pagina 17
... Charles Weston , Rector of Therfield , in Hertfordshire , with an affectionate record of his father's virtues . Bishop Warburton , it may be observed , in referring to him in one of his letters as one of his literary antagonists ...
... Charles Weston , Rector of Therfield , in Hertfordshire , with an affectionate record of his father's virtues . Bishop Warburton , it may be observed , in referring to him in one of his letters as one of his literary antagonists ...
Pagina 19
... Charles , second Vis- count Townshend , and father of Thomas , first Viscount Sydney , was born on the 2d of June , 1701 , and , after having quitted Eton , was edu- cated at King's College , Cambridge . " To name this gentleman ...
... Charles , second Vis- count Townshend , and father of Thomas , first Viscount Sydney , was born on the 2d of June , 1701 , and , after having quitted Eton , was edu- cated at King's College , Cambridge . " To name this gentleman ...
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