Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... persons , who are more capable , and more conversant with the period , and with the con- duct of the noble Earl ... person . Every period in history is interesting : Un- doubtedly some periods more than others ; and , perhaps , none more ...
... persons , who are more capable , and more conversant with the period , and with the con- duct of the noble Earl ... person . Every period in history is interesting : Un- doubtedly some periods more than others ; and , perhaps , none more ...
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... persons of information , that nothing is so false as Modern History . It should , however , be remembered , that those persons , who are in possession of the best and most authentic ma- terials for history , are usually persons of ...
... persons of information , that nothing is so false as Modern History . It should , however , be remembered , that those persons , who are in possession of the best and most authentic ma- terials for history , are usually persons of ...
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... persons now living , but all of them to very few . In fine , the present publication is the effect of industry , not of ability . The Earl of Chatham was born on the fifteenth of November 1708 , in the parish of St. James's ...
... persons now living , but all of them to very few . In fine , the present publication is the effect of industry , not of ability . The Earl of Chatham was born on the fifteenth of November 1708 , in the parish of St. James's ...
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... person through his hours of retirement , to view him in the milder light of domestic life , we should find him engaged in the noble exercise of humanity , benevolence , and of every social virtue . But , Sir , how pleasing , how ...
... person through his hours of retirement , to view him in the milder light of domestic life , we should find him engaged in the noble exercise of humanity , benevolence , and of every social virtue . But , Sir , how pleasing , how ...
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... person of real consequence , and not see that he is raised by a party , as a proper tool for their present purposes , and whom they can at any time pull down , when those purposes are served .ン In answer to the preceding , the ...
... person of real consequence , and not see that he is raised by a party , as a proper tool for their present purposes , and whom they can at any time pull down , when those purposes are served .ン In answer to the preceding , the ...
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Página 36 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Página 437 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 428 - They are the subjects of this kingdom; equally entitled with yourselves to all the natural rights of mankind and the peculiar privileges of Englishmen; equally bound by its laws, and equally participating in the constitution of this free country. The Americans are the sons, not the bastards of England!
Página 445 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal should be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle.
Página 425 - I cannot give them my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing to the ministry) confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the season of credulity : by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence.
Página 204 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Página 306 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Página 427 - I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it ! It is now an act that has passed. I would speak with decency of every act of this house : but I must beg the indulgence of the house to speak of it with freedom.
Página 37 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and become more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Página 440 - I will be bold to affirm, that the profits to Great Britain from the trade of the colonies, through all its branches, is two millions a year. This is the fund that carried you triumphantly through the last war. The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year, threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present. Those estates sold then from fifteen to eighteen years purchase; the same may be now sold for thirty.