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... whole plot is political ; and it is remarkable that the interest , such as it is , turns on a contest about a Regency . On one side is a faithful servant of the Crown ; on the other an ambitious and unprincipled conspirator . At length ...
... whole plot is political ; and it is remarkable that the interest , such as it is , turns on a contest about a Regency . On one side is a faithful servant of the Crown ; on the other an ambitious and unprincipled conspirator . At length ...
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... whole remainder of this biography is a mere compilation . It gives us for the most part Pitt's measures from the ' Annual Register , ' and his speeches from the Parlia- mentary debates . It was composed , as an Edinburgh reviewer said ...
... whole remainder of this biography is a mere compilation . It gives us for the most part Pitt's measures from the ' Annual Register , ' and his speeches from the Parlia- mentary debates . It was composed , as an Edinburgh reviewer said ...
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... the period when he came of age . Thus his whole residence at the University 4 Life of Pitt , by Tomline , vol . i . p . 7 . was protracted , although with considerable intervals of absence , 14 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
... the period when he came of age . Thus his whole residence at the University 4 Life of Pitt , by Tomline , vol . i . p . 7 . was protracted , although with considerable intervals of absence , 14 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
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... whole of whose works Pitt and Pretyman did not read together . The future states- man was a nice observer of their different styles , and alive to all their various excellences . So anxious was he not to leave even a single Greek poet ...
... whole of whose works Pitt and Pretyman did not read together . The future states- man was a nice observer of their different styles , and alive to all their various excellences . So anxious was he not to leave even a single Greek poet ...
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... whole morning . It was a favourite employment with him to compare opposite speeches upon the same subject , and to observe how each speaker managed his own side of the question . The authors whom he preferred for this purpose were Livy ...
... whole morning . It was a favourite employment with him to compare opposite speeches upon the same subject , and to observe how each speaker managed his own side of the question . The authors whom he preferred for this purpose were Livy ...
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