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... doubt on account of his feeble health in boyhood that little William was not sent to any public or private school . He was brought up at home by the tuition of Mr. Wilson , and under his father's eye . Lord Chatham was indeed most ...
... doubt on account of his feeble health in boyhood that little William was not sent to any public or private school . He was brought up at home by the tuition of Mr. Wilson , and under his father's eye . Lord Chatham was indeed most ...
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... of Lord Bolingbroke's political works . These last had no doubt been earnestly commended to him by Lord Chatham ; for in a letter at an earlier period addressed to Thomas Pitt we find Lord Chatham praise them in CHAP . I. 17 LIFE OF PITT .
... of Lord Bolingbroke's political works . These last had no doubt been earnestly commended to him by Lord Chatham ; for in a letter at an earlier period addressed to Thomas Pitt we find Lord Chatham praise them in CHAP . I. 17 LIFE OF PITT .
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... I give this Holland House tra- | Lord Macaulay ( Biographies , p . dition , which is no doubt quite 147 , ed . 1860 ) . authentic , in the very words of your commission , as soon as she can find a C 2 1779 . 27 LIFE OF PITT .
... I give this Holland House tra- | Lord Macaulay ( Biographies , p . dition , which is no doubt quite 147 , ed . 1860 ) . authentic , in the very words of your commission , as soon as she can find a C 2 1779 . 27 LIFE OF PITT .
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... doubt , General , you would like to attain the age of Methuselah ! " 3 After Mr. Pitt several other members spoke , and the debate was continued until midnight , when , on a divi- sion , the measure of Burke was rejected by a majority ...
... doubt , General , you would like to attain the age of Methuselah ! " 3 After Mr. Pitt several other members spoke , and the debate was continued until midnight , when , on a divi- sion , the measure of Burke was rejected by a majority ...
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... doubt not but that I shall one day or other see him the first man in the country . His work at vol . i . p . 42. The Bishop | stances also which plainly identify does not name the writer , but de- his correspondent with Mr. Jekyll ...
... doubt not but that I shall one day or other see him the first man in the country . His work at vol . i . p . 42. The Bishop | stances also which plainly identify does not name the writer , but de- his correspondent with Mr. Jekyll ...
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