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In Parliament , Cobham joined the Opposition against Walpole , and , voting against the Excise Bill in 1731 , he lost his military commands . This , of course , confirmed him in opposition , but it also left him leisure for private ...
In Parliament , Cobham joined the Opposition against Walpole , and , voting against the Excise Bill in 1731 , he lost his military commands . This , of course , confirmed him in opposition , but it also left him leisure for private ...
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for the vast fabric of Walpole's power was , after repeated attacks , in a totterng state , but ultimately it was lost in both Houses . In a caricature of the time , representing Lord Chesterfield as postilion of the Opposition coach ...
for the vast fabric of Walpole's power was , after repeated attacks , in a totterng state , but ultimately it was lost in both Houses . In a caricature of the time , representing Lord Chesterfield as postilion of the Opposition coach ...
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Lord Cobham must have been somewhat of a proser , if we may credit an anecdote told by Walpole . Bubb Dodington , Lord Melcombe , falling asleep one day , after dinner , with Sir Richard Temple , Lord Cobham , the General , the latter ...
Lord Cobham must have been somewhat of a proser , if we may credit an anecdote told by Walpole . Bubb Dodington , Lord Melcombe , falling asleep one day , after dinner , with Sir Richard Temple , Lord Cobham , the General , the latter ...
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With attachment to no party , ” says Horace Walpole , " though with talents to govern any party , this lively man changed the free air of Westmin . ster for the gloom of the Escurial , —the prospect of King George's Garter for the ...
With attachment to no party , ” says Horace Walpole , " though with talents to govern any party , this lively man changed the free air of Westmin . ster for the gloom of the Escurial , —the prospect of King George's Garter for the ...
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His speech on the South Sea question had an effect not anticipated ; it threw Earl Stanhope into one of those “ tempestuous sallies of passion , ” which Walpole says were common to him , and , in answering it , the earl burst a blood ...
His speech on the South Sea question had an effect not anticipated ; it threw Earl Stanhope into one of those “ tempestuous sallies of passion , ” which Walpole says were common to him , and , in answering it , the earl burst a blood ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Robert Carruthers |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Robert Carruthers |
| Publisher | Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 9, 2010 |
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