"Eloquence, transcendent eloquence, formed the foundation and the key-stone of Pitt's Ministerial greatness. Every other quality in him was accessory."
— Nathaniel Wraxall

January 1, 1970

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Historians from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of the United KingdomTravel writersTory (British political party) politicians
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1786. Of William Pitt the Younger. Posthumous Memoirs (1836) vol. 2, p. 70