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... evidence , would have no hesitation in pronouncing that the play was written by some Pittite poetaster , at the time of the rejoicing for the recovery of George the Third in 1789. " In a brief fifteen years Pitt was THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 5.
... evidence , would have no hesitation in pronouncing that the play was written by some Pittite poetaster , at the time of the rejoicing for the recovery of George the Third in 1789. " In a brief fifteen years Pitt was THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 5.
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... third Duke of Grafton found a yet better solace in the Classics than in the society of Nancy Parsons . Fox beguiled the en- forced leisure of opposition by reading Porson's editions of Euripides ' " Orestes and " Hecuba . " Our ...
... third Duke of Grafton found a yet better solace in the Classics than in the society of Nancy Parsons . Fox beguiled the en- forced leisure of opposition by reading Porson's editions of Euripides ' " Orestes and " Hecuba . " Our ...
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... Shelburne became Prime Minister ; Fox laid the foundation of his subsequent unpopularity by declining to serve under him ; and William Pitt , a few weeks after his twenty - third birthday , was appointed THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 41.
... Shelburne became Prime Minister ; Fox laid the foundation of his subsequent unpopularity by declining to serve under him ; and William Pitt , a few weeks after his twenty - third birthday , was appointed THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 41.
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By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. weeks after his twenty - third birthday , was appointed Chancellor of the Ex- chequer . Never before in the annals of the country had so young a man been admitted to the Cabinet , and friends and foes ...
By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. weeks after his twenty - third birthday , was appointed Chancellor of the Ex- chequer . Never before in the annals of the country had so young a man been admitted to the Cabinet , and friends and foes ...
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... , it induced him to form such designs as the Third Coalition , of whose futility a long experience might have convinced him . On the other hand , it saved him from despair , even when the outlook was blackest , and left his 320 WILLIAM ...
... , it induced him to form such designs as the Third Coalition , of whose futility a long experience might have convinced him . On the other hand , it saved him from despair , even when the outlook was blackest , and left his 320 WILLIAM ...
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