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Which Is the Winner?, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the First Gentleman of His Family

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Charles Clarke

Which Is the Winner?, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the First Gentleman of His Family

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Excerpt from Which Is the Winner?, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the First Gentleman of His FamilyPitt, and one of his stanchest supporters. He was an opponent of Charles James Fox in the House, at the card-table, and at New market. He was one of the great English shopkeepers, as Napoleon chose to call us who was in Paris during the peace of Amiens. He and Mr. Addington were kicked out together-the one out of office, and the other out of Paris; neither the one nor the other ever forgave Buonaparte. He had a very excellent property, my dear Evelyn; and if you look round you will see the greatest part of it, as I told you. This parish and Spring Vale belonged to him. When he retired to live upon it, he was in an unfortunate position. He was too honest and independent to make a London courtier, and too refined and extra vagant for a country gentleman.' Here she sighed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
1331583985 / 9781331583981
Pages
316
Weight
15.0 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.7 in.

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