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Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 1

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1800

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From the Death of Queen CAROLINE to the Refigna	1

32 Rumours of a Change in Adminiſtration Intrigues	21

Walpole obtains an Increaſe of the Civil Lift and	34

Debates in Parliament on a fuppofed Promife of George	62

Origin and Progrefs of the Diſagreement between Town	113

Meeting of Parliament Return of the Seceders Ef	123

Walpole inclines to a Reconciliation with the Emperor	126

Biographical Memoirs of William Pulteney Origin	147

Examination of the Report of the Secret Committee	285

Succeſsful Operations of the Allies Embaſſy of Horace	305

Renewal of the parliamentary Attack on Lord Orford	306

Principles of Walpoles Adminiftration Pacific Syſ	327

Event of the general Elections Meeting of the	330

Flies Joins the Pretender Appointed his Secretary of State	342

Private Character of Sir Robert Walpole Perfon	346

Diſturbances in Ireland occafioned by Woods Patent	376

Walpole propofes to take Half a Million from the Sink	172

Reply of Sir Robert WalpoleMotion negatived Si	179

Origin and Progrefs of the Excife Object of Wal	182

Schifin in the Cabinet Neutrality of Hanover Supinenefs	223

Character of Lord Hardwicke Parliamentary Proceed	245

From the Refignation of Sir ROBERT WALPOLE to	261

View of Foreign Tranfactions from the Death of	284

Parliamentary Proceedings Gin Act Motion to	385

CHAP 48 Origin and Progrefs of the Mifunderfſtanding between	397

Diffolution of the Congress of CambrayOrigin	413

Rife Difgrace Impriſonment Efcape and Arrival	422

Conclufion and Object of the Treaty of Hanover Ob 1	428

The Kings dangerous Paffage to England The Treaty	442

Cabals of the Duchefs of Kendal and Bolingbroke to	458

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Title	Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 1 Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, William Coxe
Author	William Coxe
Edition	3
Publisher	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1800
Original from	University of Minnesota
Digitized	15 May 2012

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