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... history and poetry , and he attained a fair proficiency in Greek , Latin , and French ; but his college course was entirely without brilliancy or promise ; in his last term examination he failed in two out of the three subjects , and he ...
... history and poetry , and he attained a fair proficiency in Greek , Latin , and French ; but his college course was entirely without brilliancy or promise ; in his last term examination he failed in two out of the three subjects , and he ...
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... history : 11,000 copies were sold in about two months . It for a time almost reversed the current of public opinion , and was one of the chief influences that enabled the ministers to conclude the Peace of Utrecht . The social position ...
... history : 11,000 copies were sold in about two months . It for a time almost reversed the current of public opinion , and was one of the chief influences that enabled the ministers to conclude the Peace of Utrecht . The social position ...
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... history . But , on the other hand , it was undoubtedly negotiated more through party than through national motives ; it terminated a long series of splendid victories , and , while it saved France from almost complete destruction , it ...
... history . But , on the other hand , it was undoubtedly negotiated more through party than through national motives ; it terminated a long series of splendid victories , and , while it saved France from almost complete destruction , it ...
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... history . He was in some respects a perfect type of certain sides of the Irish character ; recklessly im- provident , with boundless good - nature and the most boisterous spirits ; full of wit and fire , and with a rare talent for ...
... history . He was in some respects a perfect type of certain sides of the Irish character ; recklessly im- provident , with boundless good - nature and the most boisterous spirits ; full of wit and fire , and with a rare talent for ...
Page lxvii
... due to acts of usurpation . His arguments were chiefly historical , and were those which were afterwards maintained by Flood and Grattan , and which eventually triumphed in 1782 . The BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . lxvii.
... due to acts of usurpation . His arguments were chiefly historical , and were those which were afterwards maintained by Flood and Grattan , and which eventually triumphed in 1782 . The BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . lxvii.
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