William Pitt: By Charles WhibleyW. Blackwood, 1906 - 347 sider |
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... England in the courts of Europe , crossed the Channel but 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 ...
... England in the courts of Europe , crossed the Channel but 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 ...
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... England ? The journey to France , however , was an interlude . As Pitt had surrendered literature to the claims of politics , so he renounced the pleasures of foreign travel . Hence- forth it was his business to wage war or to make ...
... England ? The journey to France , however , was an interlude . As Pitt had surrendered literature to the claims of politics , so he renounced the pleasures of foreign travel . Hence- forth it was his business to wage war or to make ...
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... England was at war with France , Spain , and Holland . The American colonies were independent in all except name . the head of affairs was an amiable gentleman " in a blue ribbon , " whose devotion to his King was far greater than his ...
... England was at war with France , Spain , and Holland . The American colonies were independent in all except name . the head of affairs was an amiable gentleman " in a blue ribbon , " whose devotion to his King was far greater than his ...
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... England from ruin and brought two empires beneath her sway . But , as the tall , gaunt youth , sharp - nosed and small - chinned , rose to address the House , he was heard no less for his own than for his father's sake . His reputation ...
... England from ruin and brought two empires beneath her sway . But , as the tall , gaunt youth , sharp - nosed and small - chinned , rose to address the House , he was heard no less for his own than for his father's sake . His reputation ...
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... England was not far from the attainment of parliamentary reform . But the reform which Pitt advocated was different , both in form and sub- stance , from that which was accepted It He after years of agitation in 1832 . was 40 WILLIAM PITT.
... England was not far from the attainment of parliamentary reform . But the reform which Pitt advocated was different , both in form and sub- stance , from that which was accepted It He after years of agitation in 1832 . was 40 WILLIAM PITT.
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