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... - ing and patriotism . Not even ill - health availed to check his progress , and he gained so easy a mastery over Greek and Latin that , in the words of his earliest tutor , " he never seemed to learn , 2 WILLIAM PITT.
... - ing and patriotism . Not even ill - health availed to check his progress , and he gained so easy a mastery over Greek and Latin that , in the words of his earliest tutor , " he never seemed to learn , 2 WILLIAM PITT.
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By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. earliest tutor , " he never seemed to learn , but only to recollect . " The method which his father per- suaded him to follow in his studies was far in advance of his time . He read the classics , not ...
By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. earliest tutor , " he never seemed to learn , but only to recollect . " The method which his father per- suaded him to follow in his studies was far in advance of his time . He read the classics , not ...
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... never endue him with his father's histrionic talent . It is not strange , therefore , that his first , and almost his only , experiment in literature was a tragedy in five acts , called " Laurentius , King of Clarinium " ; nor was he ...
... never endue him with his father's histrionic talent . It is not strange , therefore , that his first , and almost his only , experiment in literature was a tragedy in five acts , called " Laurentius , King of Clarinium " ; nor was he ...
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... never a boy , but , had he been , the stern instruction of his father would surely have checked the careless rapture of boyhood . seems to have been part of Chatham's design to treat him always as a grown When he was no more than eleven ...
... never a boy , but , had he been , the stern instruction of his father would surely have checked the careless rapture of boyhood . seems to have been part of Chatham's design to treat him always as a grown When he was no more than eleven ...
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... never did he waver in his allegiance to Chatham's illustrious memory . The first act of his public life was to vindi- cate his father's honour in the public prints . Not long before the states- man's death a couple of busybodies had ...
... never did he waver in his allegiance to Chatham's illustrious memory . The first act of his public life was to vindi- cate his father's honour in the public prints . Not long before the states- man's death a couple of busybodies had ...
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