Life of ... William Pitt, Հատոր 1 |
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... further art how to manage and modulate his voice to the best advantage was instilled into him by his father with exquisite skill . Lord Chatham himself was pre - eminent in that art , as also in the graces of action , insomuch that ...
... further art how to manage and modulate his voice to the best advantage was instilled into him by his father with exquisite skill . Lord Chatham himself was pre - eminent in that art , as also in the graces of action , insomuch that ...
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... further conclude , from the early zeal with which he espoused the principles of Adam Smith in the House of Commons , that even at the University he had been an assiduous reader of the Wealth of Nations . ' 6 Pitt - so Mr. Pretyman tells ...
... further conclude , from the early zeal with which he espoused the principles of Adam Smith in the House of Commons , that even at the University he had been an assiduous reader of the Wealth of Nations . ' 6 Pitt - so Mr. Pretyman tells ...
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... further learn from his preceptor that " when alone he dwelt for hours upon striking passages of an orator or historian , in noticing their turn of expression , and marking their manner of arranging a narrative . A few pages sometimes ...
... further learn from his preceptor that " when alone he dwelt for hours upon striking passages of an orator or historian , in noticing their turn of expression , and marking their manner of arranging a narrative . A few pages sometimes ...
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... further progress of this business . ” The design here communicated as a secret was soon afterwards publicly announced . Mr. Pitt wrote to several persons of weight and influence , asking their support . Amongst others we find him on the ...
... further progress of this business . ” The design here communicated as a secret was soon afterwards publicly announced . Mr. Pitt wrote to several persons of weight and influence , asking their support . Amongst others we find him on the ...
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... further appears that in the course of these trials Pitt received some high compliments from Mr. Dunning , the leader of the Bar . " I remember also , " thus writes Mr. Jekyll , one of his brother barristers upon this Circuit , " that in ...
... further appears that in the course of these trials Pitt received some high compliments from Mr. Dunning , the leader of the Bar . " I remember also , " thus writes Mr. Jekyll , one of his brother barristers upon this Circuit , " that in ...
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