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... duty of reply devolved on William Pitt . Accordingly he published a letter dated Harley Street , October 29th , going fully through the documents adduced , and showing that his father , so far from courting , had without hesitation ...
... duty of reply devolved on William Pitt . Accordingly he published a letter dated Harley Street , October 29th , going fully through the documents adduced , and showing that his father , so far from courting , had without hesitation ...
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... duty to make them in person at Burton . ' He is very obliging to me . " You will have the goodness to excuse the haste of a letter written in my way to the Opera . " Ever , my dear Mother , & c . , " W. PITT . " " Nerot's Hotel ...
... duty to make them in person at Burton . ' He is very obliging to me . " You will have the goodness to excuse the haste of a letter written in my way to the Opera . " Ever , my dear Mother , & c . , " W. PITT . " " Nerot's Hotel ...
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... duty delegate any part of that trust to persons who were not of their own body . In the division which ensued Colonel Barré and Mr. Pitt were appointed Tellers on the same side . It was far from affording any cause of triumph to the ...
... duty delegate any part of that trust to persons who were not of their own body . In the division which ensued Colonel Barré and Mr. Pitt were appointed Tellers on the same side . It was far from affording any cause of triumph to the ...
Page 85
... duty but that of re- ceiving about four hundred a year , no profession is unfit for it . I have not yet any private secretary , nor do I perceive , at least as yet , any occasion for it . " 66 " Downing Street , Sept. 5 , 1782 . I have ...
... duty but that of re- ceiving about four hundred a year , no profession is unfit for it . I have not yet any private secretary , nor do I perceive , at least as yet , any occasion for it . " 66 " Downing Street , Sept. 5 , 1782 . I have ...
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... at that time a large salary was joined . The new government being formed , and having entered on its duties , Fox , without hesitation , took the lead in the House of Commons . Indeed , it 114 CHAP . III . LIFE OF PITT .
... at that time a large salary was joined . The new government being formed , and having entered on its duties , Fox , without hesitation , took the lead in the House of Commons . Indeed , it 114 CHAP . III . LIFE OF PITT .
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