The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].Samuel Archer, 1810 |
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Thomas Mortimer. Mr. Legge was Mr. Pitt was now Mr. Pitt was again appointed secretary of state . also again made chancellor of the exchequer . considered as prime minister ; and this office , it has been remarked , he held till October ...
Thomas Mortimer. Mr. Legge was Mr. Pitt was now Mr. Pitt was again appointed secretary of state . also again made chancellor of the exchequer . considered as prime minister ; and this office , it has been remarked , he held till October ...
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... Pitt now found the decline of his influence ; and it was soon too manifest to the na- tion , that the earl of Bute , who had a considerable share in direct- ing the education of the new king , had acquired an ascendancy in the royal ...
... Pitt now found the decline of his influence ; and it was soon too manifest to the na- tion , that the earl of Bute , who had a considerable share in direct- ing the education of the new king , had acquired an ascendancy in the royal ...
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... Pitt , his wife , baroness of Chatham ; and his own acceptance of an annuity of three thousand pounds , which was to be continued during his own life , that of his lady , and his eldest son . On the 22d of the same month , the following ...
... Pitt , his wife , baroness of Chatham ; and his own acceptance of an annuity of three thousand pounds , which was to be continued during his own life , that of his lady , and his eldest son . On the 22d of the same month , the following ...
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... PITT . " The administration of Mr. Pitt may justly be regarded as the temporary triumph of the people .... " By their voice , it has been said , he was called into power , By their verdict , he was supported . He carried his measures by ...
... PITT . " The administration of Mr. Pitt may justly be regarded as the temporary triumph of the people .... " By their voice , it has been said , he was called into power , By their verdict , he was supported . He carried his measures by ...
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... Pitt , and the plans were pursued that he had previously concerted . Lord Egremont was appointed to succeed him as secretary for the southern department , it was at length found indispensably necessary to engage in a war with Spain ...
... Pitt , and the plans were pursued that he had previously concerted . Lord Egremont was appointed to succeed him as secretary for the southern department , it was at length found indispensably necessary to engage in a war with Spain ...
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Seite 282 - How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Seite 151 - I do; I know their virtues and their valor; I know they can achieve anything but impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of British America is an impossibility. You cannot, my Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Seite 206 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Seite 278 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Seite 147 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 278 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Seite 92 - So that, upon the whole, we may conclude, that the Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity : And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience.
Seite 146 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 152 - To call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman savage 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?
Seite 152 - 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!