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... Address to the King - Pitt attacked in his coach - Revulsion of national feeling - Schemes of Fox - The Great Seal stolen - Dissolution of Parliament .. 169 CHAPTER VI . 1784 . Pitt elected for the University of Cambridge , and ...
... Address to the King - Pitt attacked in his coach - Revulsion of national feeling - Schemes of Fox - The Great Seal stolen - Dissolution of Parliament .. 169 CHAPTER VI . 1784 . Pitt elected for the University of Cambridge , and ...
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... , long after his death , 7 Already related by me in my 8 Memoirs of George II . , vol . i . Aberdeen Address , March 25 , 1858. p . 479 . p . 20 . of the just emphasis and the melodious cadence with which в 3 CHAP . I. 9 LIFE OF PITT .
... , long after his death , 7 Already related by me in my 8 Memoirs of George II . , vol . i . Aberdeen Address , March 25 , 1858. p . 479 . p . 20 . of the just emphasis and the melodious cadence with which в 3 CHAP . I. 9 LIFE OF PITT .
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... address a letter to the Marquis of Rockingham , the chief , in name at least , of the Opposition at that time . But his Lordship was cold and ungracious . He left Mr. Pitt for upwards of a fortnight without any answer at all ; and on ...
... address a letter to the Marquis of Rockingham , the chief , in name at least , of the Opposition at that time . But his Lordship was cold and ungracious . He left Mr. Pitt for upwards of a fortnight without any answer at all ; and on ...
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... Address , an amendment was moved by Fox , and both he and Burke put forth all their powers of debate . So also next day , on the Report of the Address , did Pitt . Such was the applause in the House when be sat down that it was some ...
... Address , an amendment was moved by Fox , and both he and Burke put forth all their powers of debate . So also next day , on the Report of the Address , did Pitt . Such was the applause in the House when be sat down that it was some ...
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... Address , Pitt made his second speech of the Session , and his last before the holidays . Horace Walpole , who was still in his old age a most keen observer of everything that passed around him , has an entry as follows in his journal ...
... Address , Pitt made his second speech of the Session , and his last before the holidays . Horace Walpole , who was still in his old age a most keen observer of everything that passed around him , has an entry as follows in his journal ...
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