 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 488 trang
...£10,000 from Sarah, the celebrated dutchess of Marlborough, on account of ' the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England and to prevent the ruin of his country.' Before entering into parliament, Mr Pitt became a resident of Lincoln's inn in the spring of 1780>... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 674 trang
...with the legacy of £ 10,000 from the Dutchess of Marlborough, " for his merit in the noble defence of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country" — must have preserved him from being a burthen on his wealthy brother. To the only son of that brother,... | |
 | John Benjamin Heath - 1829 - 382 trang
...Duchess of MarlborougJi, left him a legacy of £10,000 " upon account, as " her will expresses it, of his merit in the noble defence " he has made for...England, and " to prevent the ruin of his country." Having resigned his post of Paymaster-General of the Forces, he was, on the 4th December 1756, appointed... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 trang
...death, 1715. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough bequeaths, by codicil, 1744, to William Pitt, £10,000, ' upon account of his merit in the noble defence : he...the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.1 A charged cloud at Jura destroys two thousand persons, 1772. The Roman Autumn commenced ;... | |
 | 1834 - 596 trang
...haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of LI 0,000, in consideration of ' the noble defence he had made ' for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin ' of his country.' The will was made in August. The Duchess died in October. In November Pitt had become a courtier. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1834 - 52 trang
...haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of £10,000, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." The will was made in August. The Duchess died in October. In November Pitt had become a courtier. The... | |
 | 1836 - 506 trang
...1744. In that autumn he received a bequest of £10,000 from the celebrated Duchess of Marlborough, " upon account of his merit, in the noble defence he...England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." Pitt was assured by the Pelhams, that as soon as the King's antipathy could be removed, his services would... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 288 trang
...who declared in her will, that she left him this sum in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." On the dismissal of Lord Grenville, and the formation of the ' Broadbottom' administration, Pitt was... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1827 - 686 trang
...provisions, with the legacy of £ 10,000 from the Dutchessof Marlborough, "for his merit in the noble defence of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country"—must have preserved him from fyeing a burthen on his wealthy brother. To the only son of... | |
 | 1838 - 604 trang
...1744. In that autumn he received a bequest of £10,000 from the celebrated Duchess of Marlborough, " upon account of his merit, in the noble defence he...England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." Pitt was assured by the Pelhams that as soon as the King's antipathy could be removed, his services would... | |
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Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to... 
