 I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it, in the mountains of the North.  Political Debates - Page 4by William Pitt (Earl of Chatham), Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1766 - 18 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and • In July 1765, Mr. George Grehvillc resigned, and was succeeded as... | |
 | William Smyth - History, Modern - 1854 - 554 pages
...qualities of the Scottish nation. " I was the first minister," said he, " who looked for merit, and found it in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men ; men who, when left by your jealousy, became a... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...for it, and found it, in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh 1 Chas. Butler says in... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 242 pages
...merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men ! — men who, when left to your jealousy, became... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...The whole speech is very fine : " I sought for merit," said Pitt, " wherever it was to be found ; and I found it in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew it into your service, a hardy and intrepid race of men. Men, who when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the... | |
 | Archibald K. Murray - 1862 - 530 pages
...Chatham, "wherever it was to be found; it is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it and found it in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey... | |
 | Archibald K. Murray - 1862 - 526 pages
...Chatham, " wherever it was to be found; it is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it and found it in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey... | |
 | Victoria cross, Samuel Orchart Beeton - Great Britain - 1867 - 448 pages
...merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it and found it in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 352 pages
...Commons, ' wherever it could be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it and found it in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men ; men who, when left by your jealousy, became n... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1871 - 1186 pages
...merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it and found it in the mountains of the North. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey... | |
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