 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 540 pàgines
...once severely wounded in his country's service. Mr. Pitt died about four o'clock in the morning of the 23d of January 1806, in the 47th year of his age. A public funeral was decreed to his honour by parliament, and 40,000/. to pay those debts which he... | |
 | William Jones - 1825 - 572 pàgines
...increased his disorder ; for on returning to his villa at Putney, near London, he breathed his last on the 23d of January 1806, in the 47th year of his age, having directed the affairs of his country for a longer period than any other minister. Under his auspices... | |
 | 1828 - 288 pàgines
...the happy choice of his words, the judicious arrangement of his subject, and the fascinating effect of his eloquence, that his wonderful powers were acknowledged...Dover Castle, and lord warden of the Cinque Ports. 5 PRESENT STATE OF DOVER. Dover, in its civil jurisdiction, is governed by a mayor, twelve jurats,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 414 pàgines
...Austerlitz, in the autumn of 1805, is known to have bad a fatal influence on his declining health. He died on the 23d of January, 1806; in the 47th year of his age. The inscription states that his Monument was raised " in testimony of Gratitude for his eminent Public... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 416 pàgines
...Austerlitz, in the autumn of 1805, is known to have had a fatal influence on bis declining health. He died on the 23d of January, 1806; in the 47th year of his age. The inscription states that his Monument was raised " in testimony of Gratitude for his eminent Public... | |
 | William Russell - 1839 - 696 pàgines
...powerfully increased his disorder ; for on return to his villa at Putney, near London, he breathed his last on the 23d of January, 1806, in the 47th year of his age, having directed the affairs of his country for a longer period than any other minister. Under his auspices... | |
 | William Russell - 1841 - 690 pàgines
...powerfully increased his disorder; for on return to his villa at Putney, near London, he breathed his last on the 23d of January, 1806, in the 47th year of his age, having directed the affairs of his country for a longer period than any other minister. Under his auspices... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pàgines
...place in the councils of his country, during most of the remaining period of his life, which terminated on the 23d of January, 1806, in the 47th year of his age. As a debater in the House, his speeches were logical and argumentative. The strength of his oratory... | |
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... debility and exhaustion, no doubt augmented by anxiety and disappointment. It has been supposed, that the fatal intelligence of the battle of Austerlitz produced an agitation of spirits which powerfully increased his disorder ; for on return to his... 