Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 90
... close of 1767. He immediately endeav- ored to strengthen himself on every side . He yielded to the wishes of the King by making Lord North Chancellor of the Exchequer , and by raising Mr. Jenkinson , the organ of Lord Bute , to higher ...
... close of 1767. He immediately endeav- ored to strengthen himself on every side . He yielded to the wishes of the King by making Lord North Chancellor of the Exchequer , and by raising Mr. Jenkinson , the organ of Lord Bute , to higher ...
Page 132
... close with a dignity becoming his own character and the greatness of the interests involved . In thus reaching forward to the end of Mr. Hastings ' trial , we have already entered on the third period of Mr. Burke's political life . As ...
... close with a dignity becoming his own character and the greatness of the interests involved . In thus reaching forward to the end of Mr. Hastings ' trial , we have already entered on the third period of Mr. Burke's political life . As ...
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... close of the American war , Mr. Pitt now asks , " Could Lord Shelburne , thus surrounded with scenes of ruin , affect to dictate the terms of peace ? Are these articles seri- ously compared with those of the peace of Paris in 1763 ...
... close of the American war , Mr. Pitt now asks , " Could Lord Shelburne , thus surrounded with scenes of ruin , affect to dictate the terms of peace ? Are these articles seri- ously compared with those of the peace of Paris in 1763 ...
Contents
SIR JOHN ELIOT | 3 |
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | 19 |
LORD MANSFIELD | 69 |
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Essays from Select British Eloquence: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Chauncey Allen Goodrich No preview available - 2012 |
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