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... 1. Correspondence of William Pitt , Earl of Chat- ham . 2. Letters of Horace Walpole , Earl of Orford , to Sir Horace Mann , 517 Note , Errata , Index , 526 596 ib . 597 C THE EDINBURGH REVIEW , JULY , 1844 . No. CONTENTS . iii.
... 1. Correspondence of William Pitt , Earl of Chat- ham . 2. Letters of Horace Walpole , Earl of Orford , to Sir Horace Mann , 517 Note , Errata , Index , 526 596 ib . 597 C THE EDINBURGH REVIEW , JULY , 1844 . No. CONTENTS . iii.
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... Pitt . In 1768 he was opposed at Gloucester by a timber - merchant , and the manner in which his friends speak of his opponent is characteristic of the times . Gilly Williams calls him a d - d carpenter ; ' and Lord Carlisle asks- Why ...
... Pitt . In 1768 he was opposed at Gloucester by a timber - merchant , and the manner in which his friends speak of his opponent is characteristic of the times . Gilly Williams calls him a d - d carpenter ; ' and Lord Carlisle asks- Why ...
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... Pitt , said- He was the wittiest man I ever knew , and ( what was quite peculiar to himself ) had at all times his wit under entire control . Others appeared struck by the unwonted as- ' sociation of brilliant images , but every ...
... Pitt , said- He was the wittiest man I ever knew , and ( what was quite peculiar to himself ) had at all times his wit under entire control . Others appeared struck by the unwonted as- ' sociation of brilliant images , but every ...
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... Pitt , Lord and Lady Chatham , the Duchess of Gor- don , and George Selwyn , ( who lived for society , and continued in it till he looked really like the waxwork figure of a corpse , ) were amongst the guests . We dined early , that ...
... Pitt , Lord and Lady Chatham , the Duchess of Gor- don , and George Selwyn , ( who lived for society , and continued in it till he looked really like the waxwork figure of a corpse , ) were amongst the guests . We dined early , that ...
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... Pitt displayed when joining in these games of chance . He perceived their increasing fascination , and soon after aban- doned it for ever . ' . Wilberforce's own cure is thus recorded by his biographers , on the authority of his private ...
... Pitt displayed when joining in these games of chance . He perceived their increasing fascination , and soon after aban- doned it for ever . ' . Wilberforce's own cure is thus recorded by his biographers , on the authority of his private ...
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Seite 274 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Seite 323 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is faith.
Seite 20 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the Present Time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Seite 468 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Seite 15 - When we got to Temple Bar he stopped me, pointed to the heads upon it, and slily whispered me, ' Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur ISTIS.
Seite 19 - LAING.— THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY, From the Earliest Period of the History of the Northern Sea Kings to the Middle of the Twelfth Century, commonly called The Heimskringla. Translated from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson, with Notes, and a Preliminary Discourse, by SAMUEL LAINO, Author of " Notes of a Traveller,
Seite 313 - When I mention religion, I mean the Christian religion ; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion ; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
Seite 149 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.
Seite 135 - The Glacier's cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; But I am he who bids it pass, Or with its ice delay.