William Pitt: By Charles WhibleyW. Blackwood, 1906 - 347 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... that while Bute had " brought the king and king- dom to ruin , " he " would sincerely en- deavour to save it . " After Chatham's death in 1778 , the story was repeated , B and it fell to Pitt to deny in his driest THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 17.
... that while Bute had " brought the king and king- dom to ruin , " he " would sincerely en- deavour to save it . " After Chatham's death in 1778 , the story was repeated , B and it fell to Pitt to deny in his driest THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH 17.
Pagina 19
... story of the industrious and the idle apprentice , and the idle Fox inevitably shines with a brighter lustre than the industrious Pitt . Fox , as his panegyrist 1 It was at Almack's in Pall Mall that Fox's most daring feats at play were ...
... story of the industrious and the idle apprentice , and the idle Fox inevitably shines with a brighter lustre than the industrious Pitt . Fox , as his panegyrist 1 It was at Almack's in Pall Mall that Fox's most daring feats at play were ...
Pagina 27
... story has been dismissed by Lord Stanhope and others as ridiculous . But it is given in Wilber- force's ' Sketch of Pitt ' without a word of doubt , and nobody was in a better position than Wilber- force to test its truth . soon ...
... story has been dismissed by Lord Stanhope and others as ridiculous . But it is given in Wilber- force's ' Sketch of Pitt ' without a word of doubt , and nobody was in a better position than Wilber- force to test its truth . soon ...
Pagina 103
... story , " he declared the game irrecoverable , " unless some well- digested scheme of commerce be pre- pared for both Parliaments to redeem the promise from the throne of Ireland . " The Duke of Rutland was also in favour of " a fixed ...
... story , " he declared the game irrecoverable , " unless some well- digested scheme of commerce be pre- pared for both Parliaments to redeem the promise from the throne of Ireland . " The Duke of Rutland was also in favour of " a fixed ...
Pagina 113
... story . " Lost indeed ! " he exclaimed , " and By the folly or treachery how lost ? of Mr Orde . " And straightway he attributes the unhappy failure to the criminal in- capacity of the Duke of Rutland and his subordinate , who , he is ...
... story . " Lost indeed ! " he exclaimed , " and By the folly or treachery how lost ? of Mr Orde . " And straightway he attributes the unhappy failure to the criminal in- capacity of the Duke of Rutland and his subordinate , who , he is ...
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