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... Walpole to the Duke of Bedford Jan. 22 . 107 Mr. Rigby March 31 . 108 Aug. 13 . 110 Oct. 5 . 115 19 . 118 1753 . Mr. Rigby to the Duke of Bedford Feb. 16 . 120 June 2 . 125 Alderman Beckford July 28 . 128 Mr. Rigby Aug. 3 . 129 Oct. 13 ...
... Walpole to the Duke of Bedford Jan. 22 . 107 Mr. Rigby March 31 . 108 Aug. 13 . 110 Oct. 5 . 115 19 . 118 1753 . Mr. Rigby to the Duke of Bedford Feb. 16 . 120 June 2 . 125 Alderman Beckford July 28 . 128 Mr. Rigby Aug. 3 . 129 Oct. 13 ...
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... Walpole , addressed such earnest supplications . Another correspondent fills a large space in this volume . Mr. Rigby was one of a school which covered its loose morality and corrupt politics under the honoured mantle of Sir Robert Walpole ...
... Walpole , addressed such earnest supplications . Another correspondent fills a large space in this volume . Mr. Rigby was one of a school which covered its loose morality and corrupt politics under the honoured mantle of Sir Robert Walpole ...
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... Walpole writes thus : " But come , I must tell you big news ; the treaty of commerce with Spain is arrived signed ... Walpole under that name , for having made the Convention in 1729.- Walpole's Letters , vol . ii . p . 359 . THE DUKE OF ...
... Walpole writes thus : " But come , I must tell you big news ; the treaty of commerce with Spain is arrived signed ... Walpole under that name , for having made the Convention in 1729.- Walpole's Letters , vol . ii . p . 359 . THE DUKE OF ...
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... Walpole was sole minister , as it was termed , every other person was moved by the strings in his hand . But Mr. Pelham was neither able enough , nor ambitious enough to supply his place . The Duke of Newcastle now and then hinted that ...
... Walpole was sole minister , as it was termed , every other person was moved by the strings in his hand . But Mr. Pelham was neither able enough , nor ambitious enough to supply his place . The Duke of Newcastle now and then hinted that ...
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... Walpole remarks on the meanness of Legge , who had been one of the most obsequious followers of the Duke of Bedford . " June 13th . -The Duke of Newcastle wrote to Lord Sandwich that the King had no farther occasion for his service ...
... Walpole remarks on the meanness of Legge , who had been one of the most obsequious followers of the Duke of Bedford . " June 13th . -The Duke of Newcastle wrote to Lord Sandwich that the King had no farther occasion for his service ...
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