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... PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM ( Jan. 1834 ) SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH ( July 1835 ) LORD BACON ( July 1837 ) - ยท SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE ( Oct. 1838 ) PAGE 1 35 97 - 144 197 275 422 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
... PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM ( Jan. 1834 ) SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH ( July 1835 ) LORD BACON ( July 1837 ) - ยท SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE ( Oct. 1838 ) PAGE 1 35 97 - 144 197 275 422 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .
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... Pitt and Murray might talk themselves hoarse about trifles . But questions of government and war were too insignificant to detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back stairs ...
... Pitt and Murray might talk themselves hoarse about trifles . But questions of government and war were too insignificant to detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back stairs ...
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... Pitt was a strutting , ranting , mouthing actor , Charles Townshend an impudent and voluble jack- pudding , Murray a ... Pitt . And why ? Because Mr. Pitt had been among the persecutors of his father ? Or because , as he repeatedly ...
... Pitt was a strutting , ranting , mouthing actor , Charles Townshend an impudent and voluble jack- pudding , Murray a ... Pitt . And why ? Because Mr. Pitt had been among the persecutors of his father ? Or because , as he repeatedly ...
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... Pitt was too fond of war , and was great with too little reluctance . Strange that a habitual scoffer like Walpole ... Pitt to give him employment . In this Walpole saw nothing but what was admirable . Conway was a hero for soliciting ...
... Pitt was too fond of war , and was great with too little reluctance . Strange that a habitual scoffer like Walpole ... Pitt to give him employment . In this Walpole saw nothing but what was admirable . Conway was a hero for soliciting ...
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... Pitt , for example , among public men , and Johnson , among men of letters , afterwards openly acknowledged their mistake . The aspect of the opposition , even while it was still a minority in the House of Commons , was very im- posing ...
... Pitt , for example , among public men , and Johnson , among men of letters , afterwards openly acknowledged their mistake . The aspect of the opposition , even while it was still a minority in the House of Commons , was very im- posing ...
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