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... going beyond the truth if I say that such expectations of it were much disappointed . It does indeed impart to us an authentic and important though rather meagre account of Pitt in his earlier years . It does indeed contain some ...
... going beyond the truth if I say that such expectations of it were much disappointed . It does indeed impart to us an authentic and important though rather meagre account of Pitt in his earlier years . It does indeed contain some ...
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... is thought as to our going to Court . And I am ever , my dear Mother , " Your most dutiful and affectionate son , " W. PITT . " Shortly afterwards William Pitt accompanied his mother and sister Harriot 22 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
... is thought as to our going to Court . And I am ever , my dear Mother , " Your most dutiful and affectionate son , " W. PITT . " Shortly afterwards William Pitt accompanied his mother and sister Harriot 22 CHAP . I. LIFE OF PITT .
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... going fully through the documents adduced , and showing that his father , so far from courting , had without hesitation rejected every idea of a political union with Lord Bute . " The state of his father's fortune , as bearing on his ...
... going fully through the documents adduced , and showing that his father , so far from courting , had without hesitation rejected every idea of a political union with Lord Bute . " The state of his father's fortune , as bearing on his ...
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... going to mount my horse about an hour ago , when the most violent of all April showers prevented me , and by that means it is now so late that I have no chance of reaching Hayes by dinner . Con- sequently I must at all events give up ...
... going to mount my horse about an hour ago , when the most violent of all April showers prevented me , and by that means it is now so late that I have no chance of reaching Hayes by dinner . Con- sequently I must at all events give up ...
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... going on admirably well relative to my object here , which I think it will be a satis- faction to you to know . " " Nerot's Hotel , Nov. 23 , 1779 . " I cannot imagine that , according to any idea of law or right , any subsequent grant ...
... going on admirably well relative to my object here , which I think it will be a satis- faction to you to know . " " Nerot's Hotel , Nov. 23 , 1779 . " I cannot imagine that , according to any idea of law or right , any subsequent grant ...
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