The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 133
... Pitt and Grenville the price was evidently too high , the risk too great . Pitt lacked the originality of the great Chatham , while inheriting his essentially conservative ... Pitt , 14 Nov. 1784 , Pitt Ireland and Imperial Defence.
... Pitt and Grenville the price was evidently too high , the risk too great . Pitt lacked the originality of the great Chatham , while inheriting his essentially conservative ... Pitt , 14 Nov. 1784 , Pitt Ireland and Imperial Defence.
Page 134
... Pitt now found himself caught between two fires . On the one side he felt himself obliged to placate the formidable opposition in England by whittling down the terms of the original offer , and on the other to press the Irish for ...
... Pitt now found himself caught between two fires . On the one side he felt himself obliged to placate the formidable opposition in England by whittling down the terms of the original offer , and on the other to press the Irish for ...
Page 136
... Pitt hesitated and then abandoned his project . When Westmorland suggested a legislative union with Great Britain as a possible means of escape from the danger , Pitt replied that the idea had long been in his mind . War and rebellion ...
... Pitt hesitated and then abandoned his project . When Westmorland suggested a legislative union with Great Britain as a possible means of escape from the danger , Pitt replied that the idea had long been in his mind . War and rebellion ...
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