Historical Essays of Macaulay: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Lord Clive, Warren HastingsAllyn and Bacon, 1892 - 394 pages |
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... spirit , without simplicity of character . He was an actor in the Closet , an actor at Council , an actor in Parliament ; and even in private society he could not lay aside his theatrical tones and attitudes . We know that one of the ...
... spirit , without simplicity of character . He was an actor in the Closet , an actor at Council , an actor in Parliament ; and even in private society he could not lay aside his theatrical tones and attitudes . We know that one of the ...
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... spirit , refused to take any part in politics . He could not , he said , trust his temper . He feared that the recollection of his private wrongs might impel him to follow the example of Pulteney , and to oppose measures which he ...
... spirit , refused to take any part in politics . He could not , he said , trust his temper . He feared that the recollection of his private wrongs might impel him to follow the example of Pulteney , and to oppose measures which he ...
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... spirit could long continue to act . He had , therefore , to stand against an Opposition containing all the most accomplished statesmen of the age , with no better support than that which he received from persons like his brother Horace ...
... spirit could long continue to act . He had , therefore , to stand against an Opposition containing all the most accomplished statesmen of the age , with no better support than that which he received from persons like his brother Horace ...
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... spirit of Pitt had for a time been laid to rest . He silently acquiesced in that very system of continental measures which he had lately condemned . He ceased to talk dis- respectfully about Hanover . He did not object to the treaty ...
... spirit of Pitt had for a time been laid to rest . He silently acquiesced in that very system of continental measures which he had lately condemned . He ceased to talk dis- respectfully about Hanover . He did not object to the treaty ...
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... the highest post to which an English subject can aspire was left vacant ; and at the same moment , the influence which had yoked together and reined in so many turbulent and ambitious spirits William Pitt , Earl of Chatham . 29.
... the highest post to which an English subject can aspire was left vacant ; and at the same moment , the influence which had yoked together and reined in so many turbulent and ambitious spirits William Pitt , Earl of Chatham . 29.
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Page 259 - His pursuits are sedentary, his limbs delicate, his movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity, are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable.
Page 356 - But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers. In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space has been fitted up with green benches and tables for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dress. The collectors of gossip did not fail to remark that even Fox, generally so regardless of his appearance, had paid to the illustrious tribunal the compliment of wearing a bag and sword.
Page 17 - Some years after, it was my fortune to converse with many of the principal actors against that minister, and with those who principally excited that clamour. None of them, no not one, did in the least defend the measure, or attempt to justify their conduct. They condemned it as freely as they would have done in commenting upon any proceeding in history in which they were totally unconcerned.
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Page 260 - With all his softness, the Bengalee is by no means placable in his enmities or prone to pity. The pertinacity with which he adheres to his purposes yields only to the immediate pressure of fear. Nor does he lack a certain kind of courage which is often wanting in his masters. To inevitable evils he is sometimes found to oppose a passive fortitude, such as the Stoics attributed to their ideal sage.
Page 32 - It was universally read, admired, and believed. The author fully convinced his readers that they were a race of cowards and scoundrels; that nothing could save them; that they were on the point of being enslaved by their enemies, and that they richly deserved their fate.
Page 260 - Bengalee who would see his country overrun, his house laid in ashes, his children murdered or dishonoured, without having the spirit to strike one blow, has yet been known to endure torture with the firmness of Mucius, and to mount the scaffold with the steady step and even pulse of Algernon Sydney.
Page 356 - A person small and emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also habitual self-possession and self-respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, Mens aequa in arduis; such was the aspect with which the great Proconsul presented himself to his judges.
Page 354 - Heath field, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince...
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