Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pagina's |
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Pagina 181
... Pitt and Murray might talk themselves hoarse about trifles . But questions of government and war were too insignificant to detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back - stairs ...
... Pitt and Murray might talk themselves hoarse about trifles . But questions of government and war were too insignificant to detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back - stairs ...
Pagina 189
... Pitt was a strutting , ranting , mouthing actor , Charles Townshend an impudent and voluble jack - pudding , Murray a demure , cold - blooded , cowardly hypocrite , Hard- wicke an insolent upstart , with the understanding of a petti ...
... Pitt was a strutting , ranting , mouthing actor , Charles Townshend an impudent and voluble jack - pudding , Murray a demure , cold - blooded , cowardly hypocrite , Hard- wicke an insolent upstart , with the understanding of a petti ...
Pagina 190
... Pitt . And why ? Because Mr. Pitt had been among the persecutors of his father ? Or because , as he repeatedly assures us , Mr. Pitt was a disagreeable man in pri- vate life ? Not at all ; but because Mr. Pitt was too fond of war , and ...
... Pitt . And why ? Because Mr. Pitt had been among the persecutors of his father ? Or because , as he repeatedly assures us , Mr. Pitt was a disagreeable man in pri- vate life ? Not at all ; but because Mr. Pitt was too fond of war , and ...
Pagina 191
... Pitt to give him employment . In this Walpole saw nothing but what was admirable . Conway was a hero for soliciting the com- mand of expeditions which Mr. Pitt was a monster for sending out . What then is the charm , the irresistible ...
... Pitt to give him employment . In this Walpole saw nothing but what was admirable . Conway was a hero for soliciting the com- mand of expeditions which Mr. Pitt was a monster for sending out . What then is the charm , the irresistible ...
Pagina 205
... Pitt , for example , among public men , and Johnson , among men of letters , after- wards openly acknowledged their mistake . The aspect of the Opposition , even while it was still a minority in the House of Commons , was very imposing ...
... Pitt , for example , among public men , and Johnson , among men of letters , after- wards openly acknowledged their mistake . The aspect of the Opposition , even while it was still a minority in the House of Commons , was very imposing ...
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