Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the countryWith biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions . d from his Majestys service. The other engines by which Walpole maintained hisinfluence were set at work to effect his object of humbling, and, as he perhaps hoped, of silencing anopponent, the sin of whose intractability was increased by his youth and the boldness with which he hadavowed his opinions. In proportion as he wa3 decried by one party, he became the ido
Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the countryWith biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions . d from his Majestys service. The other engines by which Walpole maintained hisinfluence were set at work to effect his object of humbling, and, as he perhaps hoped, of silencing anopponent, the sin of whose intractability was increased by his youth and the boldness with which he hadavowed his opinions. In proportion as he wa3 decried by one party, he became the idol of the other, andby these means, aided by the fierce indignation to which he had been roused by his undeserved persecu-tion, he gained the first portion of that popular applause the love of which was the infatuation that besethis whole political life. The misunderstanding between the Prince of Wales and his father George theSecond, which had been long smothered, burst out in the year 1737 into an open and scandalous breach,and on some of the officers of the Princes household throwing up their places, they were filled by themore distinguished members of the opposition. In this change, several of Mr. Pitts friends openly66 V. INK RIGHT IMV1 ) )]OKI u ii i I \M ri it. I \i;i. OF . opposition was directed, and among the mosl vehemeul supporters of thai opposition was .Mr. Pitlversions of Buch of his speeches during this period as remain can onlj be n 1 as represcntol the general effecl of what they were intended to convey. ! ter par
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