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... Walpole . But , by the disunion of his great friends , his importance and his designs were now at an end ; and seeing his services 1 S. S. vol . iv . pp . 220-278 . Scott remarks that it was not the least remarkable circumstance , that ...
... Walpole . But , by the disunion of his great friends , his importance and his designs were now at an end ; and seeing his services 1 S. S. vol . iv . pp . 220-278 . Scott remarks that it was not the least remarkable circumstance , that ...
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... Walpole , vol . i . p . 388 , giving a full account of the scheme , Scott shows that Wood's patent , being forced upon the people of Ireland , was a death blow to the independence of that kingdom . 3 See Swift's verses occasioned by ...
... Walpole , vol . i . p . 388 , giving a full account of the scheme , Scott shows that Wood's patent , being forced upon the people of Ireland , was a death blow to the independence of that kingdom . 3 See Swift's verses occasioned by ...
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... Walpole , was said to have greatly encouraged the discontents in Ireland , and to have furnished the private history of the mode in which Wood's patent was obtained . But Walpole revenged himself by sending Carteret to Ireland as Lord ...
... Walpole , was said to have greatly encouraged the discontents in Ireland , and to have furnished the private history of the mode in which Wood's patent was obtained . But Walpole revenged himself by sending Carteret to Ireland as Lord ...
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... Walpole and Carteret . How much his victory was felt is shown by the malignity with which Horace Walpole always writes of him . See the just published selection of Horace's Letters , passim , especially in the infamous passage in vol ...
... Walpole and Carteret . How much his victory was felt is shown by the malignity with which Horace Walpole always writes of him . See the just published selection of Horace's Letters , passim , especially in the infamous passage in vol ...
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... Walpole said , " Between the badness of the age's taste , and the dearth of good masters , and a fashionable reputation , Jervas sat at the top of his profession , and his own vanity thought no encomium dispro- portionate to his merit ...
... Walpole said , " Between the badness of the age's taste , and the dearth of good masters , and a fashionable reputation , Jervas sat at the top of his profession , and his own vanity thought no encomium dispro- portionate to his merit ...
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Page 209 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man: A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
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