Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 53
... influence which still overruled the King . Lord Rockingham was then called upon to form a ministry ; and Mr. Pitt has been censured by many , and especially by his biographer , Mr. Thackeray , for not joining heartily in the design ...
... influence which still overruled the King . Lord Rockingham was then called upon to form a ministry ; and Mr. Pitt has been censured by many , and especially by his biographer , Mr. Thackeray , for not joining heartily in the design ...
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... influence as a leader confined to the discussions of the House . No man , probably , in the whole history of English politics , ever did so much to instruct his friends in private on the questions in debate . His exuberant stores of ...
... influence as a leader confined to the discussions of the House . No man , probably , in the whole history of English politics , ever did so much to instruct his friends in private on the questions in debate . His exuberant stores of ...
Page 305
... influence thus gained in promoting his favorite pursuit , that of elegant English literature . When a little more than sixteen , he in- duced the boys to establish a weekly paper called the Micro- cosm , to which he contributed largely ...
... influence thus gained in promoting his favorite pursuit , that of elegant English literature . When a little more than sixteen , he in- duced the boys to establish a weekly paper called the Micro- cosm , to which he contributed largely ...
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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