History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 |
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To these facts add the following ; that the Prince of Orange was not invited to England by any meeting or assemblage of the people , nor by any person or body of persons chosen by the people for that purpose , or for the making of laws ...
To these facts add the following ; that the Prince of Orange was not invited to England by any meeting or assemblage of the people , nor by any person or body of persons chosen by the people for that purpose , or for the making of laws ...
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I 1 I was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
I 1 I was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
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In a few days after the celebration of the marriage ; that is to say , on the 27th of April , the king officially communicated to the parliament his request , that a settlement should be made on the Prince , suitable to the alteration ...
In a few days after the celebration of the marriage ; that is to say , on the 27th of April , the king officially communicated to the parliament his request , that a settlement should be made on the Prince , suitable to the alteration ...
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This former payment of the Prince's debts took place in 1787. The amount was , at that time , very large ; and , certainly , with a clear annual allowance of sixty thousand pounds , money enough to maintain 3,000 labourers ' families ...
This former payment of the Prince's debts took place in 1787. The amount was , at that time , very large ; and , certainly , with a clear annual allowance of sixty thousand pounds , money enough to maintain 3,000 labourers ' families ...
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The minister was most vehemently censured for this by the personal friends of the prince , who declared it to be an insult intended and contrived ; and this it certainly was . Yet it was not easy to blame Pitt and his party for their ...
The minister was most vehemently censured for this by the personal friends of the prince , who declared it to be an insult intended and contrived ; and this it certainly was . Yet it was not easy to blame Pitt and his party for their ...
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| Title | History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, William Cobbett |
| Author | William Cobbett |
| Publisher | William Cobbett, 1830 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2006 |
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