 ... some way related to the business that was to be done within it. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself, not by the low pimping politics of a court, but to win his way...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3221852Full view - About this book
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...ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself, not by the low, pimping politics of a court, but to win his way to power, through the...laborious gradations of public service ; and to secure to himself a wellearned rank in parliament, by a thorough knowledge of its constitution, and a perfect... | |
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...noble and generous ftrain. It was to raife himfelf, not by the low pimping politics of a court, hut to win his way to power, through the laborious gradations of public fervice ; and to fecure to himfelf a well earned rank in parliament, by a thorough knowledge of its... | |
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
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 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...strain. It was to raise himself to a well-earned rank in parliament: not by the low pimping politics of a court, but to win his way to power through the laborious gradations of publdc service, and to secure to himself a well-earned rank in parliament., us \ t by a thorough knowledge... | |
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