The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 346
... Pitt's noble helpmeet thought his nature some emanation of the All- Beauteous Mind , 1 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 , 1 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 489
... PITT 489 to disagree with Pitt . He resembled him in haughtiness and theatri- cality of manner , but had little knowledge either of diplomacy or of war . When differences appeared early in 1761 , Pitt did not disguise his contempt for ...
... PITT 489 to disagree with Pitt . He resembled him in haughtiness and theatri- cality of manner , but had little knowledge either of diplomacy or of war . When differences appeared early in 1761 , Pitt did not disguise his contempt for ...
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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