 At length, I well remember, after a conversation in the open air, at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice, on a fit occasion, in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring...  Notes and Queries - Seite 3111915Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 Seiten
...were now felt widely and deeply. " After a conversation in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston," Pitt encouraged his friend William Wilberforce, whose position as the Parliamentary representative... | |
 | James Thorne - 1876 - 450 Seiten
...length, I well remember, after a conversation with Mr. Pitt, in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the steep descent into the...to bring forward the ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE.' Erected by Earl Stanhope, 18(32. By permission of Lord Cranworth." The tree has long been known as... | |
 | James Thorne - 1876 - 564 Seiten
...open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood, juet above the steep descent into the Vale of Kestou, I resolved to give notice on a fit occasion in the...to bring forward the ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE.' Erected by Earl Stanhope, 1862. By permission of Lord Cranworth." The tree has long been known as Pitt's... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 Seiten
...well remember, after a conversation in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice on a...occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring the subject forward." Twelve years later Mr. Henry Thornton had brought in a bill for confining the... | |
 | James Thorne - 1876 - 426 Seiten
...open air at the root of an old tree at Hoiwood, just above the steep descent into the Vale of Reston, I resolved to give notice on a fit occasion in the...Commons, of my intention to bring forward the ABOLITION or THE SUVE TKADZ.' Erected by Earl Stanhope, 1862. By permission of Lord Cranworth. " The tree has... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 808 Seiten
...length, I well remember, after a conversation with Mr. Pitt in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the steep descent into the...to bring forward the Abolition of the Slave Trade." And now, taking the privilege of a rambler, let us pass to the shores of the Thames ; not to linger... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - 1877 - 526 Seiten
...of an old tree at Holwood " — where a seat with a suitable inscription commemorates the fact — " I resolved to give notice, on a fit occasion, in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring the subject" of the slave trade "forward." And it may be as well to mention here, that the first Sir... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1877 - 920 Seiten
...himself, were now felt widely and deeply. "After a conversation in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston," Pitt encouraged his friend William Wilberforce, whose position as the Parliamentary representative... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 Seiten
...talents. At length, I well remember, after a conversation in the open air, at the root of an old tree at Holwood,* just above the steep descent into the...in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring the subject forward." Wilberforce was prevented by ill-health from fulfilling his intention, and Pitt... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 Seiten
...talents. At length, I well remember, after a conversation in the open air, at the root of an old tree at Holwood,* just above the steep descent into the...in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring the subject forward." Wilberforce was prevented by ill-health from fulfilling his intention, and Pitt... | |
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