Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 3 (of 3)

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A detailed political and military chronicle that recounts government struggles, ministerial resignations and negotiations, and Parliamentary inquiries after naval and colonial setbacks. It follows the manoeuvring of leading statesmen, debates over militia and seamen’s pay, and the planning and outcomes of naval and overseas expeditions. Campaign reports in Europe, North America, and the East Indies appear alongside fiscal measures, legal controversies, court politics, and honours for commanders. The work combines dispatches of battles and sieges with portraits of influential figures, episodes from Irish affairs, and reflections on wartime policy and administrative consequence.

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[26] It was said, “no people ever took so much killing.”

[27] They were permitted to trade to the French colonies, a privilege denied to them in time of peace.

[28] Marquis of Pombal.

[29] Malagrida, the chief criminal, was executed long afterwards, but under the clumsy pretence of being condemned by the Inquisition.

[30] The motto was with some humour taken from the Revelations: “And I looked, and behold a pale horse [alluding to the white horse in the arms of Hanover] and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed.” Ch. 6, v. 8.

[31] At the end of 1758.