Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... the Seals resigned by the Duke of Graf- Lord Hardwicke refused them likewise , Lord Lyttleton refused a cabinet situation . regulated , and conducted on the purest principles of patriotism C 2 1766.1 19 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
... the Seals resigned by the Duke of Graf- Lord Hardwicke refused them likewise , Lord Lyttleton refused a cabinet situation . regulated , and conducted on the purest principles of patriotism C 2 1766.1 19 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
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... situations ; that the government of a party and the government of a nation , were as distinct in their features as in their principles . He now felt the loss of his brother , Lord Temple , whose gracious affability procured him the ...
... situations ; that the government of a party and the government of a nation , were as distinct in their features as in their principles . He now felt the loss of his brother , Lord Temple , whose gracious affability procured him the ...
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... situation and power He was agitated by contending passions a mind sometimes vigorous , and often depressed - his body tortured by pain , and imprisoned by infirmity- he fell into a paroxysm of the gout at Bath , which seemed to threaten ...
... situation and power He was agitated by contending passions a mind sometimes vigorous , and often depressed - his body tortured by pain , and imprisoned by infirmity- he fell into a paroxysm of the gout at Bath , which seemed to threaten ...
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... situation was of late become very dis- agreeable to him , not only from having been fre- quently over - ruled in his opinions respecting mea- sures ; but from his being sensible , that he was acting in opposition to his friends , and ...
... situation was of late become very dis- agreeable to him , not only from having been fre- quently over - ruled in his opinions respecting mea- sures ; but from his being sensible , that he was acting in opposition to his friends , and ...
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... of Grafton wrote a letter , by order of the Court , to the Marquis of Rocking- ham , " requesting his Lordship's return to court , to assist in the present critical situation of affairs . 50 . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES [ Ch . XXXIII .
... of Grafton wrote a letter , by order of the Court , to the Marquis of Rocking- ham , " requesting his Lordship's return to court , to assist in the present critical situation of affairs . 50 . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES [ Ch . XXXIII .
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Страница 269 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Страница 314 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Страница 302 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Страница 275 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Страница 303 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Страница 268 - ... to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating, disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becoming your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede, is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. It reconciles superiority of power with the feelings...
Страница 268 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Страница 302 - You may swell every expence, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German Prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which...
Страница 240 - Robert had heard them all he assured them that he was conscious of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
Страница 316 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.