 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
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 410 Seiten
...length," he writes, " 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...occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring the subject forward." At Holwood* this " old tree " is still preserved, and an inscription on a stone... | |
 | 1884 - 418 Seiten
...remember after conversation with Mr. Pitt, in the open air at the root of an old tree at Hof wood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give noticeon a fitting occasion in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring forward the Abolition... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1886 - 566 Seiten
...Wilberforce stood in earnest conversation with Pitt, and determined, on the recommendation of his friend, to give notice on a fit occasion in the House of Commons, of his intention to bring forward the question of the Abolition of Slavery. It would be well that some... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1886 - 582 Seiten
...Wilberforce stood in earnest conversation with Pitt, and determined, on the recommendation of his friend, to give notice on a fit occasion in the House of Commons, of his intention to bring forward the question of the Abolition of Slavery. It would be well that some... | |
 | George Clinch - 1889 - 210 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, 1862. By permission of Lord Cranworth." In 1802 Sir George Pocock purchased... | |
 | Sir John Simon - 1890 - 536 Seiten
...Holwood ' — a talk so eventful that the sylvan scene where it was held has become historical,* he resolved to give notice on a fit occasion in the House of Commons of his intention to bring forward the subject of the slave-trade. On the 9th of May, 1788, not Wilberforce... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1891 - 616 Seiten
...remember," he writes, " after a conversation in the open air at the root of an old tree at Hoi wood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston,...occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring the subject forward." In the beautiful spot where those two friends sate there is now a stone seat... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 Seiten
...friend. "I well remember," he writes, " 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." In the beautiful spot where those two friends sat there is now a stone seat,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1894 - 442 Seiten
...length," he writes, " 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...occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring the subject forward." At Holwood* this " old tree " is still preserved, and an inscription on a stone... | |
 | Mrs. Frewen Lord - 1894 - 112 Seiten
...wrote Mr. Wilberforce in his Diary, "after this conversation with Mr. Pitt I resolved to give notice in the House of Commons of my intention to bring forward the abolition of the slave-trade." And not long afterwards Wilberforce made a great speech in the House of Commons about... | |
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