The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Pitt's noble helpmeet thought his nature some emanation of the All- Beauteous Mind , while Walpole turned for companionship to a Maria Skeritt . In rousing men from materialism , Pitt was the White- field , if not the Wesley , of ...
... Pitt's noble helpmeet thought his nature some emanation of the All- Beauteous Mind , while Walpole turned for companionship to a Maria Skeritt . In rousing men from materialism , Pitt was the White- field , if not the Wesley , of ...
Page 503
... Pitt was less of a free agent in his policy than either Bute or New- castle . He is to blame for disdaining the one , and for making himself intolerable to the other . But he was to some extent compelled to do this ... Pitt Pitt and the City.
... Pitt was less of a free agent in his policy than either Bute or New- castle . He is to blame for disdaining the one , and for making himself intolerable to the other . But he was to some extent compelled to do this ... Pitt Pitt and the City.
Page 504
... Pitt seems to have had the City with him throughout , but he did not always carry all the public . An extremely able pamphlet by Mauduit - Considerations on the present German war- appeared in 1760. It was an anti - Pitt pamphlet , said ...
... Pitt seems to have had the City with him throughout , but he did not always carry all the public . An extremely able pamphlet by Mauduit - Considerations on the present German war- appeared in 1760. It was an anti - Pitt pamphlet , said ...
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