William Pitt: a BiographyChatto & Windus, 1890 - 312 Seiten |
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Seite 31 - He was the wittiest man I ever knew, and, what was quite peculiar to himself, had at all times his wit under entire control. Others appeared struck by the unwonted association of brilliant images ; but every possible combination of ideas seemed always present to his mind, and he could at once produce whatever he desired.
Seite 308 - But in all places, and at all times, his constant delight was society. There he shone with a degree of calm and steady lustre which often astonished me more than his most splendid efforts in parliament. His manners were perfectly plain, without any affectation ; not only was he without presumption or arrogance, or any air of authority, but he seemed utterly unconscious of his own superiority, and much more disposed to listen than to talk. He never...
Seite 205 - ... the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that such a number of lords spiritual and temporal, and such a number of members of the house of commons as shall be hereafter agreed upon by acts of the respective parliaments as aforesaid, shall sit and vote in. the said parliament on the part of Ireland, and shall be summoned, chosen, and returned, in such manner as shall be fixed by an act of the parliament of Ireland previous to the...
Seite 62 - This is the object which has raised this storm of faction ; this is the aim of the unnatural coalition to which I have alluded. If however the baneful alliance is not already formed, if this ill-omened marriage is not alreadv solemnized, I know a just and lawful impediment, and, in the name of the public safety, I here forbid the banns.
Seite 280 - ... Sidmouth in his later years was fond of relating to his friends the details of what had passed. He had asked whether there had been anything in his conduct at any time inconsistent with what was due from him to Mr. Pitt, to which Mr. Pitt holding out his hand replied, with tears in his eyes, " Never. I have nothing to acknowledge from you but the most generous and honourable conduct, and I grieve that we are to part.
Seite 186 - Of Augustus and Rome The poets still warble, How he found it of brick And left it of marble. So of Pitt and of England Men may say without vapour, That he found it of gold And left it of paper.
Seite 51 - That for the future, when the majority of voters for any borough should be convicted of gross and notorious corruption before a select committee of that House appointed to try the merits of any election, such borough should be disfranchised, and the minority of voters not so convicted should be entitled to vote for the county in which such borough should be situated." 3. " That an addition of knights of the shire, and of representatives of the metropolis, should be added to the state of the representation.
Seite 156 - Perhaps some opening may arise which may enable us to contribute to the termination of the war between different powers in Europe, leaving France (which I believe is the best way) to arrange its own internal affairs as it can.
Seite 84 - A youth of fiveand-twenty, who raises himself to the government of an empire by the power of genius and the reputation of virtue, is a circumstance unparalleled in history, and, in a general view, is not less glorious to the country than to himself.
Seite 71 - As he expressed in the strongest terms his admiration for the system which prevailed at home, the Abbe was led to ask him, since all human things were perishable, in what part the British constitution might be first expected to decay ? Pitt, a parliamentary reformer, and speaking within three years of the time when the House of Commons had agreed to Mr, Dunning's motion, that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, after musing for a moment, answered...