William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . the occasion favoured a prepared oration. In theseearly days he and Pitt were inseparable, and theman of carefully cultivated talent and sober tem-perament was an admirable counsellor for the manof restless and hasty genius. Richard Grenville re-mained the intimate of Pitt for a much longer periodthan Lyttleton. A certain arrogance and overbear-ing will, a rather boisterous assertion of extendedclaims, were doubtful features in his character, andno man ever used the lower instruments of politicswith
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and the growth and division of the British Empire, 1708-1778; . the occasion favoured a prepared oration. In theseearly days he and Pitt were inseparable, and theman of carefully cultivated talent and sober tem-perament was an admirable counsellor for the manof restless and hasty genius. Richard Grenville re-mained the intimate of Pitt for a much longer periodthan Lyttleton. A certain arrogance and overbear-ing will, a rather boisterous assertion of extendedclaims, were doubtful features in his character, andno man ever used the lower instruments of politicswith less hesitation. None the less the future LordTemple was immovably honest in purpose, faithfulin friendship, and generous to those whom hetrusted. George Grenville, his brother, joined theparty in 1741, and brought to it a great share ofParliamentary talent and industry, with fixed prin-ciples of Whig doctrine which were to be applied ina spirit of legalism to every occasion. If we mayjudge from his diary, there was never any closesympathy between him and Pitt, and the natures of Jip- fi^^. LORD BOLINQBROKE. FROM THE BUST BY RYSBRACK. 1737] Entrance into Politics, 11 the two men were wholly diverse. The leader ofthis band, Lord Cobhain, had quarrelled with Wal-pole, and had been deprived of his regiment ofhorse, with the result that he occupied an importantplace in the circle of the Prince of Wales. In his youth, Pitt is said to have been strikinglyhandsome; we have the assurance of Chesterfieldthat he was very well-bred, and possessed the an-cient grace and courtliness of manner. His face,with its hawked nose and piercing eyes, was that ofa man born to rule; his voice filled the House andwas heard in the farthest corners, even when it sankto a whisper; his gesture was impressive and dra-matic. He made his first speech on April 29, insupport of an address to the Crown moved byPulteney on the occasion of the Prince of Walessmarriage. This first effort received from Tindal, acont
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