Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 296
... enemies . Such were the views of the Duke of Bedford and of the Earl of Hardwicke ; but no member of the government held these opinions so strongly as George HIS IGNORANCE 297 Grenville , the treasurer of the navy 296 THE EARL OF CHATHAM.
... enemies . Such were the views of the Duke of Bedford and of the Earl of Hardwicke ; but no member of the government held these opinions so strongly as George HIS IGNORANCE 297 Grenville , the treasurer of the navy 296 THE EARL OF CHATHAM.
Page 297
... Grenville , on the other hand , was by nature and habit a man of details . He had been bred a lawyer ; and he had brought the industry and acuteness of the Temple into official and parliamentary life . He was supposed to be intimately ...
... Grenville , on the other hand , was by nature and habit a man of details . He had been bred a lawyer ; and he had brought the industry and acuteness of the Temple into official and parliamentary life . He was supposed to be intimately ...
Page 298
... Grenville's char- acter was stern , melancholy , and pertinacious . Nothing was more remarkable in him than his ... Grenville opposed a dogged determination , which sometimes forced even those who hated him to respect him . It was ...
... Grenville's char- acter was stern , melancholy , and pertinacious . Nothing was more remarkable in him than his ... Grenville opposed a dogged determination , which sometimes forced even those who hated him to respect him . It was ...
Page 303
... Grenville had been intrusted with the lead . The task was not , as yet , a very difficult one : for Pitt did not think fit to raise the standard of opposition . His speeches at this time were distinguished , not only by that eloquence ...
... Grenville had been intrusted with the lead . The task was not , as yet , a very difficult one : for Pitt did not think fit to raise the standard of opposition . His speeches at this time were distinguished , not only by that eloquence ...
Page 308
... Grenville , who led the House of Commons , and Fox , who still enjoyed in silence the immense gains of the Pay Office , had always been regarded as strong Whigs . But the bulk of the party throughout the country regarded the new ...
... Grenville , who led the House of Commons , and Fox , who still enjoyed in silence the immense gains of the Pay Office , had always been regarded as strong Whigs . But the bulk of the party throughout the country regarded the new ...
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