Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . a steady hand were obviously necessary to steerthe vessel of state ; and whatever opinions may be formed by different parties,in respect to the necessity of British interference with the affairs of France, orthe measures adopted by the minister—whether he deserved the censures whichwere so lavishly heaped upon him, or whether he was e
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . a steady hand were obviously necessary to steerthe vessel of state ; and whatever opinions may be formed by different parties,in respect to the necessity of British interference with the affairs of France, orthe measures adopted by the minister—whether he deserved the censures whichwere so lavishly heaped upon him, or whether he was entitled to the gratitudeof his country, as the pilot that weathered the storm—certain it is that hedisplayed talents, energy, and perseverance, almost unparalleled in the worJdshistory. At length he acceded to the wish that an experiment for peace shouldbe tried, which took place in 1801, under Mr. Addington ; but the event provedhow fallacious were the hopes of the people—owing, in part, to the haughtyand exacting spirit of Napoleon, but more, perhaps, to the non-fulfilment oftreaty stipulations on the part of the British government, such as the refusal todeliver up the island of Malta fee. •- * : • ..;:.• - . • • • 29 450 WILLIAM Statue of William Pitt. in 1804, Mr. Pitt once more resumed his post at the treasury. Returningto power as a war minister, he exerted all the energy of his character to renderthe contest with France successful, and found means, by the use of enormoussubsidies, to engage the two great military powers of Russia and Austria in anew coalition, which, however, was dissolved by Napoleon at the great battleof Austerlitz (December, 1805), thus prostrating the two empires at his the health of the great minister was now in a very precarious state, and anhereditary gout, aggravated by public cares, and a too liberal use of wine, byway of stimulant, completely undermined his constitution ; and he died January23, 1806, in the thi
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