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... Once only do we find evidence of a boyish escapade . A pompous reference in a letter of his father's suggests that even Pitt could unbend on occasion . " Whose fences have you broken ? " asks Chatham ; " and in what lord of the manor's ...
... Once only do we find evidence of a boyish escapade . A pompous reference in a letter of his father's suggests that even Pitt could unbend on occasion . " Whose fences have you broken ? " asks Chatham ; " and in what lord of the manor's ...
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By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. science were . was once guilty of some childish prank , and it is easy to understand even his father's austere satisfaction at the breach of discipline . For the rest , as has been said , his ...
By Charles Whibley Charles Whibley. science were . was once guilty of some childish prank , and it is easy to understand even his father's austere satisfaction at the breach of discipline . For the rest , as has been said , his ...
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... once . It was not for him to make the grand tour , like so many of his idler contempor- aries , or to improve by foreign travel the excellent qualities of his mind . The only country that ever he saw , save his own , was France ; and in ...
... once . It was not for him to make the grand tour , like so many of his idler contempor- aries , or to improve by foreign travel the excellent qualities of his mind . The only country that ever he saw , save his own , was France ; and in ...
Pagina 43
... once been a prodigy him- self , thought it worth while to laugh at Pitt's years ; and Sheridan , stung to anger by a reference to his plays , de- clared that " if ever again he engaged in the compositions alluded to , he might be ...
... once been a prodigy him- self , thought it worth while to laugh at Pitt's years ; and Sheridan , stung to anger by a reference to his plays , de- clared that " if ever again he engaged in the compositions alluded to , he might be ...
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... once was England's . And if we could not dictate the terms of peace , we might at least accept such terms as were dignified and honourable . If there was cause for regret , there was no need for despair . " Let us feel our calamities ...
... once was England's . And if we could not dictate the terms of peace , we might at least accept such terms as were dignified and honourable . If there was cause for regret , there was no need for despair . " Let us feel our calamities ...
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