William Pitt and National RevivalG. Bell and Sons, Limited, 1911 - 655 pages |
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affairs alliance Allies asserted Auckland Journals Austria B.M. Add Berlin Bill Britain British Burke Cabinet Carmarthen Catharine cause Chatham chief Coalition commercial Corresp Court Czarina declared desire despatch Dropmore Duke Duke of Rutland Dundas Dutch Earl efforts Elliot England envoy Ewart favour France Frederick William French French Revolution friends further George George III Government Grenville Gustavus Harris Hastings Hertzberg Hist Holland honour hope Horace Walpole House of Commons Ibid India influence interest Ireland Irish Joseph II King King's land Leeds letter London Lord North ment Ministry nation once Parl Parliament party Patriots peace Pitt MSS Pitt's Poland political present Prime Minister Prince of Wales probably proposal provinces Prussia question Reform royal scheme seemed sent Shelburne Sheridan showed slaves sought Spain speech Stadholder statesman Sweden Thurlow tion trade treaty triumph Turkey Turks Versailles votes Warren Hastings Westminster Whig Wilberforce Wraxall wrote
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Page 454 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 184 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 295 - His legs bestrid the ocean; his rear'd arm Crested the world; his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder: For his bounty, There was no winter in't; an autumn 'twas That grew the more by reaping. His delights Were dolphin-like; they show'd his back above The element they lived in.
Page 15 - A Government in every country should be just like a Corporation,* and in this country it is made up of the landed interest which alone has a right to be represented.
Page 103 - That the House would consider as enemies to his majesty and the country all those who should advise, or by any means attempt, the further prosecution of offensive war on the Continent of North America.
Page 555 - All hearts were open, every tongue was loud With amity and glee ; we bore a name Honoured in France, the name of Englishmen, And hospitably did they give us hail, As their forerunners in a glorious course ; And round and round the board we danced again.
Page 220 - It was to consist of six members of the Privy Council chosen by the King; the Chancellor of the Exchequer and one of the Secretaries of State being always included.
Page 122 - ... to fulfil with integrity every official engagement. You may take from me, Sir, the privileges and emoluments of place ; but you cannot, and you shall not, take from me those habitual and warm...
Page 470 - If we listen to the voice of reason and duty, and pursue this night the line of conduct which they prescribe, some of us may live to see a reverse of that picture, from which we now turn our eyes with shame and regret. We may live to behold the natives of Africa engaged in the calm occupations of industry, in the pursuits of a just and legitimate commerce.
Page 59 - My father has had no pain, but is lame in one ankle near the instep from standing so long. No wonder he is lame : his first speech lasted above an hour, and the second half an hour — surely, the two finest speeches that ever were made before, unless by himself!