Anecdote Biography: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and Edmund BurkeR. Bentley, 1862 - 392 pages |
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... Majesty remember to ask his usual question , " Whether there were any favourable circumstances ? " But the King was in- exorable . " The House of Commons , Sir , " said Pitt , 66 seems inclined to mercy . " " Sir , " answered the King ...
... Majesty remember to ask his usual question , " Whether there were any favourable circumstances ? " But the King was in- exorable . " The House of Commons , Sir , " said Pitt , 66 seems inclined to mercy . " " Sir , " answered the King ...
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... Majesty is determined to let the sentence be carried into execution , unless it shall appear from the said examination that Admiral Byng was unjustly condemned . " " Surely , " adds the Reviewer , " Mr. Pitt - though he spoke in a sharp ...
... Majesty is determined to let the sentence be carried into execution , unless it shall appear from the said examination that Admiral Byng was unjustly condemned . " " Surely , " adds the Reviewer , " Mr. Pitt - though he spoke in a sharp ...
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... Majesty for the first vacant Garter . Mr. Pitt expressed his reluctance to lay the request before the King , and manifested some dis- approbation of the demand itself . " You will be pleased , Sir , to remember , " said Lord Falmouth ...
... Majesty for the first vacant Garter . Mr. Pitt expressed his reluctance to lay the request before the King , and manifested some dis- approbation of the demand itself . " You will be pleased , Sir , to remember , " said Lord Falmouth ...
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... Majesty has been pleased to lay upon my feeble shoulders , I will forbear now and for ever entering into a subject where I may possibly judge amiss , and wherein , above all things , I most wish not greatly to err . I shall , therefore ...
... Majesty has been pleased to lay upon my feeble shoulders , I will forbear now and for ever entering into a subject where I may possibly judge amiss , and wherein , above all things , I most wish not greatly to err . I shall , therefore ...
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... Majesty might previously have had on other grounds to admit Mr. Pitt into office , he had now a direct and personal ... Majesty's sacred person , amidst the immi- 38 ANECDOTE BIOGRAPHY .
... Majesty might previously have had on other grounds to admit Mr. Pitt into office , he had now a direct and personal ... Majesty's sacred person , amidst the immi- 38 ANECDOTE BIOGRAPHY .
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