 The situation which Pitt occupied at the close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public man in English history. He had conciliated the King ; he domineered over the House of Commons ; he was adored by the people;...  The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 421by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901Full view - About this book
 | 1905 - 726 pages
...victories and tribute greater than any recorded in her history. His position, according to Macanlay, was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...adored by the people ; ' he was admired by all Europe.' If any man, this man, who had humbled the enemies of his country and silenced its quarrels, ought to... | |
 | 1834 - 596 pages
...the most enviable ever occupied by any Eublic man in English history. He had conciliated the King ; e domineered over the House of Commons ; he was adored...he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner — the name by VOL. LVIH. NO. CXVIH. 2 M which he was often designated — might... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1834 - 52 pages
...VAN ARTEVELDE. 183 The situation which Pitt occupied at the close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...history. He had conciliated the King ; he domineered over ihe House of Commons ; he was adored by the people ; he was admired by all Europe. He was the first... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupied at the close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner, — the name by which he was often designated, — might look down with scorn on... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1843 - 520 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupied at the close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner, the name by which he was often designated, might look down with scorn on coronets... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupieu at the X close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner — the name by which he was often designated — might look down with scorn on... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupies at the X close of I he reign of George the Second h a rare and expensive luxury, nothing is to be sc«n...temperate than they had ever been in their own cou lime ; and he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner — the name by which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupies at th» close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...he had made England the first country in the world. The Great Commoner — the name by which he was often designated — might look down with scorn on... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...fear on the other. The situation which Pitt occupies at tint close of the reign of George the Second was the most enviable ever occupied by any public...of Commons ; he was adored by the people ; he was 1 admired by all Europe. He was the first Englishman of his time; and he had made England the first... | |
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