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The Beauties of Wiltshire: Displayed in Statistical, Historical, and ... - Page 229
by John Britton - 1801
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 528 pages
...continue the same ; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my people, if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." Whereupon Beckford, excited beyond all regard for the usual formalities of royal audiences, burst forth...
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 494 pages
...continue the same ; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my people, if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." Whereupon Beckford, excited beyond all regard for the usual formalities of royal audiences, burst forth...
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Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Volume 1

Cyrus Redding - Authors, English - 1859 - 368 pages
...considered as the father of my people, if I could suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such a use of my prerogative, as I cannot but think inconsistent with the interests and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." Mr. Beckford here requested leave to reply,...
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Chatterton: A Story of the Year 1770

David Masson - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1874 - 304 pages
...continue the same; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my people if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution, of the kingdom." Whereupon Beckford, excited beyond all regard for the usual formalities of royal audiences, is said...
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Chatterton: A Story of the Year 1770

David Masson - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1874 - 344 pages
...continue the same; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my people if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution, of the kingdom." Whereupon Beckford, excited beyond all regard for the usual formalities of royal audiences, is said...
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Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer Under Other ..., Volume 1

Junius - English letters - 1890 - 528 pages
...continue the same, and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my People, if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...prerogative as I cannot but think inconsistent with th« interest and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." The lord mayor, Mr. Beckford, then...
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A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering: From the Stuarts to ...

Joseph Grego - Great Britain - 1892 - 566 pages
...the hearts of a loyal, dutiful, and free people." To this remonstrance the king's answer was :— " I should have been wanting to the public as well as...and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." After His Majesty had been pleased to mate the foregoing answer, the lord mayor requested leave to...
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Chatterton: A Biography

David Masson - 1899 - 344 pages
...continue the same; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the Father of my people if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution, of the kingdom.' Whereupon Beckford, excited beyond all regard for the usual formalities of royal audiences, is said...
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George III, as Man, Monarch and Statesman

Beckles Willson - Great Britain - 1907 - 756 pages
...continue the same ; and I should ill deserve to be considered as the father of my people if I should suffer myself to be prevailed upon to make such an...and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom." kiss hands and withdraw. But this was not part of the conspirators' plan. A reply was to be made to...
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The Beginnings of the American Revolution: Based on Contemporary ..., Volume 1

Ellen Chase - United States - 1910 - 474 pages
...people. The King seated on the throne read in reply: I should have been wanting to the public as well to myself, if I had not expressed my dissatisfaction...and dangerous to the constitution of the kingdom. The Lord Mayor then made a personal appeal that they be not dismissed without "some comfort, some prospect,...
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