 Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to...  The Quarterly Review - Page 521edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Thérèse Muir MacKenzie - Ireland - 1906 - 276 pages
...behalf, for in 1744, the Duchess of Marlborough died and left him £10,000 as an acknowledgment of the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England. A certain gentleman, a Sir William Pynsent, also left him a considerable fortune as an admiring tribute... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1907 - 456 pages
...legacy of ^10,000 was given to the elder Pitt, " upon account of his merit in the noble defence he has made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country," together with landed property in Bucks, Stafford, and Northampton. The will and codicil of the Duchess... | |
 | Albert von Ruville - Great Britain - 1907 - 456 pages
...of Westminster, Esq., the sum of -£*! 0,000 upon account of his merit in the noble defence he has made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.' 1 The duchess, however, had not been satisfied with making this bequest. She was desirous of opening... | |
 | William Henry Craig - 1907 - 458 pages
...given to the elder Pitt, "pon account of his merit in the noble defence he has made for the support ' the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country," together "* landed property in Bucks, Stafford, and Northampton. The will and cil of the Duchess of... | |
 | Beckles Willson - Canada - 1909 - 616 pages
...leaving him in her will the handsome sum of .£10,000 in consideration of " the noble defence he has made for the support of the laws of England and to prevent the ruin of his country.1" Pitt and the Opposition leaders had gained a great deal of credit by their fierce antagonism... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1056 pages
...Marlborough, dying in 1744, at the age of ninety, left him a legacy of £10,000 as an " acknowledgment of the noble defence he had made for the support of the...of England and to prevent the ruin of his country " As her hatred was known to be at least as strong as her love, the legacy was probably as much a mark... | |
 | Reginald Jaffray Lucas - Great Britain - 1910 - 436 pages
...1744 the old Duchess of Marlborough died, and in her will she left him 10,000/. in consideration of the 'noble defence he had made for the support of...of England and to prevent the ruin of his country.' * He has been praised * There was a large reversionary interest in the event of her grandson dying... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1036 pages
...age of ninety, left him a legacy of £10,000 as an " acknowledgment of the noble defence he had inadc for the support of the laws of England and to prevent the ruin of his country " As her hatred was known to be at least as strong as her love, the legacy was probably as much a mark... | |
 | English prose literature - 1911 - 216 pages
...£10,000, "upon account," as her testament exprest it, ' ' of his merit in the noble defense he has made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country. ' ' Eleven years had now elapsed since the date of this splendid testimonial, nine of which had been,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1913 - 842 pages
...wealth of the haughty Dowager. She had left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of ' the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England and to preventthe ruin of his country.' The will was made in August. The Duchess died in October. In November... | |
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