The Life of William Pitt: Earl of Chatham. E-book. Formato PDF Basil Williams   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

What may not then our Isle presume,While victory his crest does plume?What may not others fear,If thus he crowns each year?Andrew Marvell - Ode on Cromwell,I. - Annus Mirabilis'Our bells are worn threadbare with ringing for victories,' wrote Walpole of that year of marvels, 1759: 'les Francois malheureux dans les quatre parties du monde,' was the title of a chapter in Voltaire's 'Siecle de Louis XV': while Garrick sang in his 'Hearts of Oak':Come, cheer up my lads! 'tis to glory we steer,To add something more to this wonderful year;and two gentle old ladies, living at Bath, recalled years afterwards to their friend Lord Chatham the excitement felt in the remotest corners of England 'when our fleets and armies conquered everywhere. We have a newspaper,' they wrote, 'that comes out of London that morning; when the boy blows his horn we are all expectation.'The year opened with the announcement of Keppel's capture of Goree in the last days of 1758.

The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. E-book. Formato PDF Basil Williams   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

To Mr. George Trevelyan I owe much for his inspiring encouragement and to Mr. Erskine Childers for his valuable suggestions. Mr. 'denys Winstanley most generously read through and gave advice on the whole of the proof-sheets: it is difficult to thank him enough for the advantage I have derived from his accurate and extensive knowledge of Chatham and the period. Mrs. Hilary Jenkinson has stood by the book for over a year: for her scholarly researches and her unstinted help I am most deeply grateful.

Cecil Rhodes. E-book. Formato PDF Basil Williams   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Company and to Colonel Amery, m.p., for their readiness to let me see papers in their charge and the interest they have taken in my attempt to portray Rhodes. Even if I have failed in this attempt, I trust that some thing of the love I have for the South African land and people may be found to breathe through these pages.