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... Old and Odd Memories - Page 25by Lionel Arthur Tollemache - 1908 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 782 pages
...Homer, II, xii. S87. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation ; and, after a serious pause of some minutes,...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." — Lord Granville died Jan. 2, 1763 ; and the Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris,... | |
| John Nichols - Authors, English - 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...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." — Lord Granvillc died Jan. 2, 1763 ; and the Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris,... | |
| Biography - 1817 - 552 pages
...in public affairs. His lordship then repeated the last word several times with a calm and determined resignation ; and, after a serious pause of some minutes,...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood also left behind him several MSS. relating to his travels, but not sufficiently... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 548 pages
...public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation, and, after a serious pause of some minutes,...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth year. Iliad, 1. xii. 322., thus... | |
| William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - Europe - 1838 - 532 pages
...public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation, and, after a serious pause of some minutes,...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth year. * Iliad, I. xii. 332.,... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...public affairs.* His lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and determined resignation, and, after a serious pause of some minutes,...most glorious war, and most honourable peace, this country ever saw." Mr. Wood died in September 1771, in his fifty-fifth year. * Iliad, I. xii. 322.,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 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,... | |
| 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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