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 . orty thousand pounds to pay hisdebts ; for although his whole life was devoted to the service of his country,such was his disinterestedness in pecuniary matters, that he never received oneshilling of the public money beyond his fair emoluments of office, to supply theoccasional great expenses to which he was put as prime minister. A c
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 . orty thousand pounds to pay hisdebts ; for although his whole life was devoted to the service of his country,such was his disinterestedness in pecuniary matters, that he never received oneshilling of the public money beyond his fair emoluments of office, to supply theoccasional great expenses to which he was put as prime minister. A colossal statue of bronze, of which the preceding engraving is- a repre-sentation, was erected in Hanover square, London, at the end of 1831 r to ROBERT BURNS. 451 memory of Mr. Pitt. The orator is represented in the act of speaking. Thisstatue, which in many respects is the finest in the English capital, is the work«f Mr. Chantrey. Mr. Pitt was a minister of commanding powers^ both as a financier and anorator. His eloquence, though not so imaginative as that of Burke, or so cap-tivating as that of his father, the great Lord Chatham, was more uniformlyjust and impressive than either; while the indignant severity and keenness ofhis sarcasm were ROBERT BURNS. BU&NS, the greatest of Scottish poets, was the son of William Burns,a gardener and a small farmer, near the town of Ayr, and was born January25th, 1759. He was brought up to rustic labor: but his education was notneglected, as he received, at an early age, instructions in English grammar, bya Mr. Murdock, to which he added an acquaintance with the French languageand practical mathematics. Smitten with a passion for reading, he devotedevery moment, he could spare to tire perusal of such books as fell in his way,and, among them, meeting with the works of some of the best English poets,he was enabled to cultivate and improve a taste for poetry and romantic fiction ;which was, perhaps, first inspired by the chimney-
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