Anecdote BiographyBentley, 1860 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 3
... lived in the reign of Henry VII . , or , according to Edmondson , in that of Henry VI .; and the world - renowned name of William Pitt , son of Nicholas , occurs in the reign of Henry VIII . His son , John Pitt , was Clerk of the Ex ...
... lived in the reign of Henry VII . , or , according to Edmondson , in that of Henry VI .; and the world - renowned name of William Pitt , son of Nicholas , occurs in the reign of Henry VIII . His son , John Pitt , was Clerk of the Ex ...
Page 43
... lived at Enfield - Wash . In short , the Council were for making peace ; * Mr. Pitt lived , for a few years , on Enfield Chase , near Enfield- Wash , the land of Elizabeth Canning . But he , as loving his own pride and purposes WILLIAM ...
... lived at Enfield - Wash . In short , the Council were for making peace ; * Mr. Pitt lived , for a few years , on Enfield Chase , near Enfield- Wash , the land of Elizabeth Canning . But he , as loving his own pride and purposes WILLIAM ...
Page 44
... lived in the vinegar - bottle . In fact , Madam , this immaculate man has accepted the Barony of Chatham for his wife , with a pension of three thousand pounds a year for three lives ; and though he has not quitted the House of Commons ...
... lived in the vinegar - bottle . In fact , Madam , this immaculate man has accepted the Barony of Chatham for his wife , with a pension of three thousand pounds a year for three lives ; and though he has not quitted the House of Commons ...
Page 57
... lived to see a second . I do believe now that this country will be saved at last , for we shall have real Patriots when the Opposition pays better than the Court . Don't you think that Mr. Pitt would give half his legacy that he had ...
... lived to see a second . I do believe now that this country will be saved at last , for we shall have real Patriots when the Opposition pays better than the Court . Don't you think that Mr. Pitt would give half his legacy that he had ...
Page 88
... lived with him for some time in the same college apartment . Lord Chatham wrote to the master of the college , expressing his wish that the two public tutors , Mr. Pretyman and Mr. Turner , should respectively devote an hour each day to ...
... lived with him for some time in the same college apartment . Lord Chatham wrote to the master of the college , expressing his wish that the two public tutors , Mr. Pretyman and Mr. Turner , should respectively devote an hour each day to ...
Contents
54 | |
61 | |
67 | |
75 | |
81 | |
87 | |
95 | |
102 | |
110 | |
118 | |
125 | |
139 | |
145 | |
156 | |
158 | |
163 | |
169 | |
181 | |
188 | |
195 | |
204 | |
266 | |
273 | |
279 | |
286 | |
295 | |
302 | |
308 | |
314 | |
320 | |
331 | |
337 | |
343 | |
349 | |
353 | |
359 | |
365 | |
374 | |
382 | |
388 | |
389 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
addressed admiration afterwards appeared attack Barry Beaconsfield became Bill Brocklesby Burke's Butler's Court called celebrated character church death debate Duke Earl Edmund Burke effect eloquence England father favour favourite fortune French Revolution friends Garrick gave genius George George III Goldsmith gout Grace Gregories Grenville hand Hayes honour House of Commons House of Lords Ireland Johnson Junius King Lady letter lived London Lord Chatham Lord Mahon Lord North Lord Rockingham Lord Temple Mackintosh Majesty memory ment merit mind Minister nation never noble observed opinion orator painted Parliament party patriot pension person Pitt's political portrait possessed Prince received reply Richard Burke says scene sent Sir Joshua Reynolds speak speech spirit statesman talents tell thought tion virtue Walpole Whig Wilkes William Burke William Pitt Windham words writes wrote
Popular passages
Page 274 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 133 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 274 - IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 322 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 274 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Page 131 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 203 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks...
Page 13 - I am at liberty, like every other man, to use my own language ; and though I may perhaps have some ambition to please this gentleman I shall not lay myself under any restraint, nor very solicitously copy his diction, or his mien, however matured by age or modelled by experience.
Page 240 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 270 - The spirit it is impossible not to admire ; but the old Parisian ferocity has broken out in a shocking manner. It is true, that this may be no more than a sudden explosion ; if so, no indication can be taken from it ; but if it should be character, rather than accident, then that people are not fit for liberty, and must have a strong hand, like that of their former masters, to coerce them.