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" His Lordship repeated the last word several times with a calm and determinate resignation ; and, after a serious pause of some minutes, he desired to hear the Treaty read, to which he listened with great attention, and recovered spirits enough to declare... "
Homer and the Iliad [tr. in verse, with notes] by J.S. Blackie - Page 294
by Homerus - 1866
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyers press ...

John Nichols - 1812 - 794 pages
...to Fame what we to Nature owe. Popes Homer, 11. xii. 38*. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." — Lord Granville died Jan. 2, 1763 ; and the Treaty...
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyers press ...

John Nichols - 1812 - 844 pages
...several tunes, with 4 calm and determined resignation ; and, after a serious pause of *ome ruinates, he desired to hear the Treaty read ; to which he listened...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." — Lord Granvillc died Jan. 2, 1763 ; and the Treaty...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1817 - 552 pages
...mind the distinguishing part he had taken in public affairs. His lordship then repeated the last word several times with a calm and determined resignation...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood also left behind him several MSS. relating...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 2

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 548 pages
...mind the distinguished part he had taken in public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation,...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 2

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 516 pages
...mind the distinguished part he had taken in public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation,...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth...
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Correspondence, ed. by [W.S. Taylor and J.H. Pringle] the ..., Volume 2

William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - 1838 - 532 pages
...mind the distinguished part he had taken in public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation,...(I use his own words) on the most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 1

John Adolphus - 1840 - 652 pages
...long his life to neglect his duty. He then desired to hear the treaty read, to " which he listenedwith great attention, and recovered spirits enough to declare...dying statesman (I use his own words) on the most glori" ous war, and the most honourable peace, this nation ever saw." » CEuvres du Roi de Prusse,...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 4

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 pages
...insisted that I should stay, saying, it could not " prolong his life to neglect his duty. He then " desired to hear the treaty read, to which he " listened...use his own words) on the " most glorious war, and the most honourable " peace this nation ever saw."* The calm reflections of posterity will not, I think,...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pages
...insisted that I should stay, saying, it could not " prolong his life to neglect his duty. He then " desired to hear the treaty read, to which he " listened...use his own words) on the " most glorious war, and the most honourable " peace this nation ever saw."* The calm reflections of posterity will not, I think,...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 pages
...insisted that I should stay, saying, ' it could not prolong his life to neglect his duty. Ho ' then desired to hear the treaty read, to which he listened...use his ' own words) on the most glorious war, and the most 'honourable peace this nation ever saw."f The calm reflections of posterity will not, I think,...
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