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... Burke , and other persons of distinction . Thomas R. England By the Rev. 437 448 3. Memoirs of George Hardinge , Esq . M. A. F. S. A. Senior Justice of Brecon , Glamorgan , and Radnor 450 PART IV . A general Biographical List of persons ...
... Burke , and other persons of distinction . Thomas R. England By the Rev. 437 448 3. Memoirs of George Hardinge , Esq . M. A. F. S. A. Senior Justice of Brecon , Glamorgan , and Radnor 450 PART IV . A general Biographical List of persons ...
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... Burke " sent his brother Richard , who died recorder of Bristol , and Mr. Nagle , a rela- tion , on a mission to Munster , to levy money on the popish body for the use of the White Boys , who were exclusively papists . " We are next ...
... Burke " sent his brother Richard , who died recorder of Bristol , and Mr. Nagle , a rela- tion , on a mission to Munster , to levy money on the popish body for the use of the White Boys , who were exclusively papists . " We are next ...
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... Catholic committee were managed with great art and ability . " " Knowing that Ed- mund Burke , a warm favourer of Popery , had in a high degree conciliated the esteem of our most gracious Sovereign , 48 • SIR RICHARD MUSGRAVE , BART .
... Catholic committee were managed with great art and ability . " " Knowing that Ed- mund Burke , a warm favourer of Popery , had in a high degree conciliated the esteem of our most gracious Sovereign , 48 • SIR RICHARD MUSGRAVE , BART .
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... Burke , who , through his father , rendered them most important services ; and soon after , having gone to Ireland , he made a most extensive circuit there , and in the course of it visited many of the nobility and gentry , and ...
... Burke , who , through his father , rendered them most important services ; and soon after , having gone to Ireland , he made a most extensive circuit there , and in the course of it visited many of the nobility and gentry , and ...
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... Burke moved for certain papers ; and on the 4th of April , pre- sented several articles , charging Warren Hastings , esquire , late Governor of Bengal , with high crimes and misdemeanours , and with exhibiting gross cruelty , treachery ...
... Burke moved for certain papers ; and on the 4th of April , pre- sented several articles , charging Warren Hastings , esquire , late Governor of Bengal , with high crimes and misdemeanours , and with exhibiting gross cruelty , treachery ...
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