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" I cannot give them my confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen, (bowing to the ministry) confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the season of credulity : by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks... "
Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham ... - Page 425
by John Almon - 1810
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1797 - 550 pages
...over-ruling influence. ' There is a claufe in the aft of fettlement to oblige every Minifter to fign his name to the advice which he gives to his Sovereign. Would it were obfervedJ — I have had the honour to ferve the Crown, and if I could have fubmitted to influence,...
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The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Volume 3

John Burk - 1805 - 490 pages
...confidence. " Confidence," said he, " is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom ; — youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each...causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over- ruling influence. I have had the honour to serve the crown ; and could I have submitted to influence,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...confidence. Pardon me, gentlemen,* confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each...causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over, ruling influence. There is a clause in the act of settlement to oblige every minister to sign...
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Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books

Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 268 pages
...gentlemen, bowing to the ministry, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom ; youth is the season of credulity ; by comparing events with each...discover the traces of an over-ruling influence." Chatham, Debrett, iv. 289. The " pliable disposition" of the house of commons was complained of by...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each oilier, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence. I have had the honour to serve the crown, and could I have submitted to influence, I might still have...
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Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books

Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 274 pages
...gentlemen, bowing to the ministry, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the season of credulity ; by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinki I plainly discover the traces of an over- ruling influence." Chatham, "Debrett, iv. 289. The...
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Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802

William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 pages
...gentlemen, (bowing to the ministry) confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom : youth is the season of credulity : by comparing events with each...and if I could have submitted to influence, I might have,still continued to serve ; but I would not be responsible for others. I have no local attachments...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 474 pages
...gentlemen, (bowing to the Ministry) confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity; by comparing events with each...advice which he gives to his Sovereign. Would it were observed!—I have had the honour to serve the Crown, and if I could have submitted to influence, I...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1813 - 726 pages
...gentlemen, (bowing to the ministry) confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom ; youth is the season of credulity; by comparing events with each...plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence. [VOL. XVI.] There is a clause in the Act of Settlement, to oblige every minister to sign his name to...
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The Public and Private Life of His Late...Majesty, George the Third ...

Robert Huish - 1821 - 746 pages
...the natives of that country over the English. Mr. Pitt expressed himself in the following manner : " There is a clause in the act of settlement, to oblige...minister to sign his name to the advice which he gives his sovereign. Would it were observed ! — I have had the honour to serve the crown, and if I could...
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