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... thought of him thus : that he was a mar . borne to rule , to commaunde and to geue order , as hauing in him a certaine naturall grace and power to drawe men willingly to obeye him . " PLUTARCH ( North's Translation , 1579 ) . IN TWO ...
... thought of him thus : that he was a mar . borne to rule , to commaunde and to geue order , as hauing in him a certaine naturall grace and power to drawe men willingly to obeye him . " PLUTARCH ( North's Translation , 1579 ) . IN TWO ...
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... thought the opportunity a favourable one for increasing British influence at Canton . He accordingly wrote to Sir Michael Seymour , the naval commander on the station , calling upon him to enforce the fulfilment of treaty obligations as ...
... thought the opportunity a favourable one for increasing British influence at Canton . He accordingly wrote to Sir Michael Seymour , the naval commander on the station , calling upon him to enforce the fulfilment of treaty obligations as ...
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... not rumours of wars but actual war , and he thought it was the duty of the House to inquire what was the cause of Lord Palmerston " Explains . " 21 these perpetually recurring 20 The Public Life of the Earl of Beaconsfield .
... not rumours of wars but actual war , and he thought it was the duty of the House to inquire what was the cause of Lord Palmerston " Explains . " 21 these perpetually recurring 20 The Public Life of the Earl of Beaconsfield .
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... thought him guilty of nothing worse than credulity , and wound up a lame defence by the assertion that the outcome of the negotiations had been merely a Convention which had never been signed . Two days later the noble Lord had to come ...
... thought him guilty of nothing worse than credulity , and wound up a lame defence by the assertion that the outcome of the negotiations had been merely a Convention which had never been signed . Two days later the noble Lord had to come ...
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... thought that there were both blindness and obstinacy in the way in which the sup- porters of the Government refused to enter upon any question other than that of the honour of the British flag . Mr. White- side condemned the bombardment ...
... thought that there were both blindness and obstinacy in the way in which the sup- porters of the Government refused to enter upon any question other than that of the honour of the British flag . Mr. White- side condemned the bombardment ...
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