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But in the so-called Government of Lord North, George III. was the Government.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “But in the so-called Government of Lord North, George III. was the Government.”
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Bagehot asserts that George III was effectively the government during Lord North's administration.
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