...said the new secretary ; and with the audacious self-confidence that was one of his traits, he told the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." England hailed with one acclaim the undaunted leader who asked for no reward but the honor of serving...

...with the audacious self-confidence that was one of his traits, he told the Duke of Devonshire, " T am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." England hailed with one acclaim the undaunted leader who asked for no reward but the honor of serving...

...Seven Hills. He saw his country insulted and defeated. He saw the national spirit sinking. Yet he knew n indisposition to believe that any thing extraordinary...Surly of his friend Ben. Sir Epicure did not indulge ahilities and the public confidence were not alone sufficient to keep him in power against tho wishes...

...sufficient courage or capacity to undertake the task. Pitt had said to the Duke of Devonshire, " My lord, I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." The people believed him. " The eyes of an afflicted and despairing nation,' ' says Glover, who was...

...Seven Hills. He saw his country insulted and defeated. He saw the national spirit sinking. Yet he knew what the resources of the empire, vigorously employed,...Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and nobody else can." Desiring, then, to be in power, and feeling that his abiliti and the public confidence...

...Lord Chatham, was not devoid of confidence in himself. He said to the Duke of Devonshire in 1757, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can ; " and this proved to be true. In 1770 Lord Chatham pretty roughly commented upon Burke's pamphlet,...

...only shows that the love of power is in itself neither a virtue nor a vice. " My Lord," said Chatham to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." There are times when it is a statesman's duty to insist upon power. The only question with which history...

...needed no support. He had inherited from his father that confidence which made Chatham once say, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can;" which made himself say later, " I place much dependence on my new colleagues ; I place still more dependence...

...makes me tremble for the Austrian monarchy after my death I " "My Lord," said William Pitt in 1757 to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." He did save it. " Is n't it beautiful that I can sing so ? " asked Jenny Lind, naively, of a friend....

...makes me tremble for the Austrian monarchy after my death ! " "My Lord," said William Pitt in 1757 to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can." He did save it. " Is n't it beautiful that I can sing so ? " asked Jenny Lind, naively, of a friend....