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... occasion bestowed on him a pension of 3000l . a - year for three lives , and raised Lady Hester to the peerage in her own right as Baroness Chatham . In the summer of 1765 the retired statesman went with his family to reside at Burton ...
... occasion bestowed on him a pension of 3000l . a - year for three lives , and raised Lady Hester to the peerage in her own right as Baroness Chatham . In the summer of 1765 the retired statesman went with his family to reside at Burton ...
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... occasion to ask Mr. Pitt by what means he had acquired his ad- mirable readiness of speech - his aptness of finding the right word without pause or hesitation . Mr. Pitt replied that whatever readiness he might be thought to possess in ...
... occasion to ask Mr. Pitt by what means he had acquired his ad- mirable readiness of speech - his aptness of finding the right word without pause or hesitation . Mr. Pitt replied that whatever readiness he might be thought to possess in ...
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... occasion to show how in after life the friendship of Mr. Pitt as Minister raised him to high honours in the Church , and above all to the Bishopric of Lincoln . In 1803 he assumed the name of Tomline , on the bequest of a large estate ...
... occasion to show how in after life the friendship of Mr. Pitt as Minister raised him to high honours in the Church , and above all to the Bishopric of Lincoln . In 1803 he assumed the name of Tomline , on the bequest of a large estate ...
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... occasions his observations were not unfrequently committed to paper , and furnished a topic for conversation with me at our next meeting . He was also in the habit of copy- 6 To Thomas Pitt , May 4 , 1754 . ing any eloquent sentence or ...
... occasions his observations were not unfrequently committed to paper , and furnished a topic for conversation with me at our next meeting . He was also in the habit of copy- 6 To Thomas Pitt , May 4 , 1754 . ing any eloquent sentence or ...
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... occasion , to which no words are equal ; but I know that you will have a satisfaction in hearing that Lord Mahon as well as myself supported the trial perfectly well , and have not at all suffered from the fatigue . The procession did ...
... occasion , to which no words are equal ; but I know that you will have a satisfaction in hearing that Lord Mahon as well as myself supported the trial perfectly well , and have not at all suffered from the fatigue . The procession did ...
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