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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... "
Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Somers to Hunter - Page 274
1838
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

1791 - 302 pages
...Ma/lbbrqugh left him 'a. legacy of ten thoufand pounds,- "upon account," as her Will exprefles it, "of his merit in the noble defence he has made for the fupport of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." In 1746, Mr. Pitt .was made...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 1

John Almon, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1792
...ten thoufand pounds, " upon account of his merit, in the noble de" fence he has made for the fupport of the laws " of England, and to prevent the ruin of his " country." CHAP. VI. State of the Mini ft ry — Lord Carlijle dif appointed of the Privy Seal — Lord Cobbam...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1793 - 514 pages
...parifh " of St. James, within the liberty of Weft" minfter, Efq. the fum of Teii Thoufand " Pounds, upon account of his merit, in the " noble defence he has made for the fupport " of the laws of Kngland, and to prevent the " ruin of his country," * She ditd in Oftobsr...
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A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, Volume 1

Henry Swinburne - 1793 - 726 pages
...¡УШ'ют Pitt, of the pariih of St. James within the liberty of IVeßmiiißer, efq. the in m of 10,000 1. upon account of his merit in the noble defence he has made for the fupport of the laws of England, and, to prevent the ruin of his country, I GIVE to Mr. Burroughs, Mailer...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 33

1812 - 762 pages
...Pitt, of the parish of St. James, within the liberty of Westminster, Esq. the sum of 10,0001. upon the account of his merit in the noble defence he has made...England, and to prevent the ruin of his country." She also settled on him the reversion of * Cont. of Granger, by the Rev. U. Noble, vol. 7, p. 179....
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1797 - 550 pages
...the parifh " of St. JameSj within the liberty of Weft" minder, Efq. the fum of Ten Thoufand " Pounds, upon account of his merit, in the " noble defence he has made for the fupport " of the laws of England, and to prevent " the ruin of his country." * She died in October...
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British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical ..., Volume 11

1798 - 764 pages
...parifti of Sr, James within the liberty of Weftminfter, efquire, the fi.m cf m.ooot. upon account of Iris merit in the noble defence he has made for the Support...of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of the country." The political tenets, and the conduct of the noble duchéis, in her oppofition to Sir...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 pages
...port, and translator of " Vida" and " Virt-il," born expresse* it) of his meiit in the noble defence he made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country."— In 1746 Mr. Pitt was made trea•lirtr and pay-ma^ter-^cneral of the army, and a privy-councillor;...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - 1805 - 470 pages
...account (as ihc will PIT expresses it) of his merit In the I noble defence he marie for the sup port of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country."; — In 1756 Mr. Pitt was appointed •ecretary of itate, in which situation Ье obtained the public...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 470 pages
...the parish of " St. James, within the liberty of Westminster, " Esq. the sum of Ten Thousand Pounds, upon. " account of his merit, in the noble defence he " has made for the support of the laws of Eng" land, and to prevent the ruin of his country." * She died in October following, and the money...
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