 Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a , first-rate figure in this country. 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...  Peerage of England. ... - Page 416by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 534 pages
...his speech on American taxation, in April, 1774 : — " Undoubtedly, Mr. Grenville was a first rate figure in this country. With a masculine understanding,...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... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1841 - 548 pages
...party-differences have been long ago composed; and I have acted more with him, and certainly with more pleasure with him, than ever I acted against him. Undoubtedly...Grenville was a first-rate figure in this country. Wiih a masculine understanding, and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 440 pages
...spoken of, is the fine encomium in which Burke has enshrined his name. " With a masculine understanding, a stout and resolute heart, he had an application...business not as a duty he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy; and he seemed to have no delight out of the House, except in such things... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...of the fair state ; The glass of fashion, and the mould of form ; The observed of all observers! 3 Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a first-rate figure...he had an application undissipated and unwearied. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him —his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It... | |
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 526 pages
...Grenville, Burke, in his speech on American taxation says : " With a masculine understanding, and a strict and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated...business, not as a duty he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was co enjoy ; and he seemed to have no delight out of this house, except in such things... | |
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 524 pages
...speech on American taxation says : " With a masculine understanding, and a strict and resolute heart, ho had an application undissipated and unwearied. He...business, not as a duty 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 554 pages
...party-differences have been long ago composed; and I have acted more with him, and certainly with more pleasure with him, than ever I acted against him. Undoubtedly...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... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1845 - 558 pages
...party-differences have been long ago composed; and I have acted more with him, and certainly with more pleasure with him, than ever I acted against him. Undoubtedly...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... | |
 | Peter Burke - Politicians - 1845 - 490 pages
...differences have been long ago composed; and I have acted more with him, and certainly with more pleasure with him, than ever I acted against him. Undoubtedly...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... | |
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