Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Volumen 4J. Murray, 1867 |
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... course — the Seals - The new Cabinet - Other changes of office - Precarious state of the King's health .. CHAPTER XXXIX . 1804 . 164 Charge against Messrs . Drake and Spencer Smith - Execution of the Duke d'Enghien- The First Consul ...
... course — the Seals - The new Cabinet - Other changes of office - Precarious state of the King's health .. CHAPTER XXXIX . 1804 . 164 Charge against Messrs . Drake and Spencer Smith - Execution of the Duke d'Enghien- The First Consul ...
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... course which he had recently adopted . He came to the decision to postpone , or indeed for the time to relinquish , his attendance in the House of Commons . It was with these sentiments , and at this period , that the following letters ...
... course which he had recently adopted . He came to the decision to postpone , or indeed for the time to relinquish , his attendance in the House of Commons . It was with these sentiments , and at this period , that the following letters ...
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... course of the war which must otherwise entail permanent burdens to an amount greater by many millions . But notwithstanding the clear ultimate advantage and economy of such a system , it certainly would require , in the first instance ...
... course of the war which must otherwise entail permanent burdens to an amount greater by many millions . But notwithstanding the clear ultimate advantage and economy of such a system , it certainly would require , in the first instance ...
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... course of reference , I should hope you might , without inconvenience , make another visit to this place and initiate yourself in the mysteries of the Court of Load Manage.1 I shall rejoice much if Lord Carrington is able to accompany ...
... course of reference , I should hope you might , without inconvenience , make another visit to this place and initiate yourself in the mysteries of the Court of Load Manage.1 I shall rejoice much if Lord Carrington is able to accompany ...
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... course of vigour upon which the Government had just entered was known and approved by Pitt , Addington answered that it was . Now it does not appear that Pitt was at that time in correspondence with any of the Ministers except Lord ...
... course of vigour upon which the Government had just entered was known and approved by Pitt , Addington answered that it was . Now it does not appear that Pitt was at that time in correspondence with any of the Ministers except Lord ...
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Página 346 - I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me ; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
Página 78 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Página 410 - ... magna eloquentia, sicut flamma, materia alitur et motibus excitatur et urendo clarescit. eadem ratio in nostra quoque civitate antiquorum eloquentiam provexit. nam etsi horum quoque temporum oratores ea consecuti sunt, quae...
Página 397 - What grave," exclaimed Lord Wellesley, " contains such a father and such a son ! What sepulchre embosoms the remains of so much human excellence and glory...
Página 295 - I confess, Sir, and I am not ashamed to confess it, that whatever may be my deference to the House of Commons, and however anxious I may be to accede to their wishes, I certainly felt a deep and bitter pang in being compelled to be the instrument of rendering still more severe the punishment of the Noble Lord.
Página 302 - I do not feel myself now called upon to give, and nothing shall induce me to enter into further details upon this subject. I shall, therefore, now content myself with stating, that the circumstances which made me feel that it was then improper to bring forward this question, and which led to the resignation of the then administration, have made so deep, so lasting an impression upon my mind, that, so long as those circumstances continue to operate, I shall feel it a duty imposed upon me not only...
Página 255 - My lords and gentlemen, In considering the great efforts and sacrifices which the nature of the contest requires, it is a peculiar satisfaction to me, to observe the many proofs of the internal wealth and prosperity of the country.
Página 409 - William Dundas, signified that it would give him pleasure to find some opportunity of advancing the fortunes of such a writer. " I remember," writes this gentleman, " at Mr Pitt's table in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr Pitt observed — ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to
Página 175 - I have had another interview to-day, not quite, I am sorry to say, so satisfactory as that of Monday. I do not think there was any thing positively wrong, but there was a hurry of spirits, and an excessive love of talking, which showed that either the airing of this morning, or the seeing so many persons, and conversing so much during these three days, has rather tended to disturb.
Página 284 - Abbot, after looking as white as a sheet, and pausing for ten minutes, gave the casting vote against us. Pitt immediately put on the little cocked hat that he was in the habit of wearing when dressed for the evening, and jammed it deeply over his forehead, and I distinctly saw the tears trickling down his cheeks. We had overheard one or two, such as Colonel Wardle (of notorious memory), say they would see 'how Billy looked after it.