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... majesty had a mind to intro- duce the other party , it would have been more seasonable after a peace , which now we have made defperate , by fpiriting the French , who rejoice in these changes , and by the fall of our credit , which ...
... majesty had a mind to intro- duce the other party , it would have been more seasonable after a peace , which now we have made defperate , by fpiriting the French , who rejoice in these changes , and by the fall of our credit , which ...
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... MAJESTY with the utmoft vigour , until her enemies again be brought to fue for peace , and again offer fuch terms as will make it both hou nourable and lasting ; only with this difference , that the miniftry perhaps will not again ...
... MAJESTY with the utmoft vigour , until her enemies again be brought to fue for peace , and again offer fuch terms as will make it both hou nourable and lasting ; only with this difference , that the miniftry perhaps will not again ...
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... MAJESTY was fo good to provide for my children , and as the offices I enjoyed by her favour brought me in more than ... majesty whether the would allow me to charge in the privy purfe accounts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum ...
... MAJESTY was fo good to provide for my children , and as the offices I enjoyed by her favour brought me in more than ... majesty whether the would allow me to charge in the privy purfe accounts , which I was to fend her , that yearly fum ...
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... ever digested by the advice of thofe , who are in the chief confidence ; and confequently , that these are the fentiments of her majesty's ministers , as well E 2 as as her own ; and we fee , the two N ° 18 . 51 THE EXAMINER .
... ever digested by the advice of thofe , who are in the chief confidence ; and confequently , that these are the fentiments of her majesty's ministers , as well E 2 as as her own ; and we fee , the two N ° 18 . 51 THE EXAMINER .
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... majesty bore to her upon that account , when others had acted contrary in fo fhameful a manner . What elfe was the ... majesty's favours , without admitting any accefs but through her means ? Had the heaped employments upon herself , her ...
... majesty bore to her upon that account , when others had acted contrary in fo fhameful a manner . What elfe was the ... majesty's favours , without admitting any accefs but through her means ? Had the heaped employments upon herself , her ...
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