Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 86
... Pitt , now at the height of power and popularity , undertook the task of defending Western Germany against France , and asked Frederic only for the loan of a general . The general selected was Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick , who had ...
... Pitt , now at the height of power and popularity , undertook the task of defending Western Germany against France , and asked Frederic only for the loan of a general . The general selected was Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick , who had ...
Page 94
... Pitt from office ; the other was the death of the Empress Elizabeth of Russia . The retirement of Pitt seemed to be an omen of utter ruin to the House of Brandenburg . His proud and vehement nature was incapable of anything that looked ...
... Pitt from office ; the other was the death of the Empress Elizabeth of Russia . The retirement of Pitt seemed to be an omen of utter ruin to the House of Brandenburg . His proud and vehement nature was incapable of anything that looked ...
Page 95
... Pitt deprived Prussia of her only friend , when the death of Eliza- beth produced an entire revolution in the politics of the North . The Grand Duke Peter , her nephew , who now ascended the Russian throne , was not merely.
... Pitt deprived Prussia of her only friend , when the death of Eliza- beth produced an entire revolution in the politics of the North . The Grand Duke Peter , her nephew , who now ascended the Russian throne , was not merely.
Page 100
... up to college , before Pitt had taken his seat in the House of Commons , before the voice of Erskine had been once heard in Westminster Hall . REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her 100 MADAME D'ARBLAY January 1843.
... up to college , before Pitt had taken his seat in the House of Commons , before the voice of Erskine had been once heard in Westminster Hall . REPUTATION OF MISS BURNEY ΤΟΙ Since the appearance of her 100 MADAME D'ARBLAY January 1843.
Page 113
... Pitt was induced to read Virginia , and to pronounce it excellent . Lady Coventry with fingers which might have furnished a model to sculptors , forced the manu- script into the reluctant hand of the manager ; and , in the year 1754 ...
... Pitt was induced to read Virginia , and to pronounce it excellent . Lady Coventry with fingers which might have furnished a model to sculptors , forced the manu- script into the reluctant hand of the manager ; and , in the year 1754 ...
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