The Grenville Papers: Being the Correspondence of Richard Grenville, Earl Temple, K.G., and the Right Hon: George Grenville, Their Friends and Contemporaries, Volume 1J. Murray, 1852 - Great Britain |
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... Lord Temple became First Lord of the Admiralty in the Administration formed by Mr. Pitt in November , 1756 , and in the following June he was made Lord Privy Seal . In December 1758 he was constituted Lord - Lieutenant and Custos ...
... Lord Temple became First Lord of the Admiralty in the Administration formed by Mr. Pitt in November , 1756 , and in the following June he was made Lord Privy Seal . In December 1758 he was constituted Lord - Lieutenant and Custos ...
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... Lord Temple , and it has been said by a con- temporary writer , apparently with considerable proba- bility of truth , " with respect to Lord Temple , that as the war and his management of it was the chief occa- sion of Mr. Pitt's being ...
... Lord Temple , and it has been said by a con- temporary writer , apparently with considerable proba- bility of truth , " with respect to Lord Temple , that as the war and his management of it was the chief occa- sion of Mr. Pitt's being ...
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... Lord Temple was several times called upon by the King to assist in forming a Ministry , yet he never again accepted office in any subsequent Adminis- tration . He had a serious difference of opinion with his friend , Mr. Pitt , upon the ...
... Lord Temple was several times called upon by the King to assist in forming a Ministry , yet he never again accepted office in any subsequent Adminis- tration . He had a serious difference of opinion with his friend , Mr. Pitt , upon the ...
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... Lord Temple , then far advanced in life , and very in- firm . In his person he was tall and large , though not inclined to corpulency . A disorder , the seat of which lay in his ribs , bend- ing him almost double , compelled him in ...
... Lord Temple , then far advanced in life , and very in- firm . In his person he was tall and large , though not inclined to corpulency . A disorder , the seat of which lay in his ribs , bend- ing him almost double , compelled him in ...
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... Lord Cobham , he relinquished that pursuit , and devoted himself to politics . He represented the borough of Buckingham in successive Parliaments , from 1741 until his death in 1770. In December , 1744 , he was made a Lord of the ...
... Lord Cobham , he relinquished that pursuit , and devoted himself to politics . He represented the borough of Buckingham in successive Parliaments , from 1741 until his death in 1770. In December , 1744 , he was made a Lord of the ...
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Page x - With a masculine understanding', and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business, not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy ; and he seemed to have no delight out of this House, except in such things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it.
Page xi - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
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Page 357 - For the King himself, he seems all good-nature, and wishing to satisfy everybody; all his speeches are obliging. I saw him again yesterday, and was surprised to find the levee-room had lost so entirely the air of the lion's den. This Sovereign don't stand in one spot, with his eyes fixed royally on the ground, and dropping bits of German news; he walks about, and speaks to everybody. I saw him afterwards on the throne, where he is graceful and genteel, sits with dignity, and reads his answers to...
Page 413 - Majesty's consideration ; too proud to receive any mark of the King's countenance and favour, but above all doubly happy could I see those dearer to me than myself comprehended in that monument of royal approbation and goodness, with which his Majesty shall condescend to distinguish me.