Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 27
... failure of what they were wont to sneer at as “ Mr. Pitt's visions " would turn the tide of public opinion against him , and prepare his downfall from a height of which they felt that there was no one but himself able to dispossess him ...
... failure of what they were wont to sneer at as “ Mr. Pitt's visions " would turn the tide of public opinion against him , and prepare his downfall from a height of which they felt that there was no one but himself able to dispossess him ...
Page 52
... failed to quell it , as all the political measures of the government had failed to prevent it , or rather had ripened discontent into revolt . A series of political disappointments first , and then of military disasters , had made our ...
... failed to quell it , as all the political measures of the government had failed to prevent it , or rather had ripened discontent into revolt . A series of political disappointments first , and then of military disasters , had made our ...
Page 53
... failure could be traced to the perverse course of impolicy and injustice combined , in which the colonial revolt took its rise . The Americans , unprepared for resistance , and unwilling to risk it , had been driven on by the tyran ...
... failure could be traced to the perverse course of impolicy and injustice combined , in which the colonial revolt took its rise . The Americans , unprepared for resistance , and unwilling to risk it , had been driven on by the tyran ...
Page 54
... failed him and constantly gave him the victory over men of more brilliant genius ; his na- tural tact , still further improved by practice and deep knowledge of men ; his ready fluency ; his cool deter- mined courage - would altogether ...
... failed him and constantly gave him the victory over men of more brilliant genius ; his na- tural tact , still further improved by practice and deep knowledge of men ; his ready fluency ; his cool deter- mined courage - would altogether ...
Page 55
... failed him , and a suavity of temper that could never be ruffled . Combating his powerful adversaries at such a disadvantage as he , for the most part , was compelled to work up against , from the almost unbroken series of failures ...
... failed him , and a suavity of temper that could never be ruffled . Combating his powerful adversaries at such a disadvantage as he , for the most part , was compelled to work up against , from the almost unbroken series of failures ...
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