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Mr. Pitt was at that moment premier, or, in other words, he united the office of first lord of the trea~ sury with that of chancellor of the exchequer'; and swayed the councils of his country with a degree of authority which had been exercised by no minister, perhaps, since. The Revolution. He yet retained a semblance of his former popularity; and, on great occasions, still affected to be the advocate of those early principles which had brought him into notice: His professions, however, were become less Warm, and his exertions less strenuous. It was perceived that while be employed his voice he denied his autho rity; and that the man who was so tenacious of power, that he would have exerted the unbounded influence of his office on, the most trivial occasion, evinced the most constitutional scrupulosity when ever a reform in parliament, or an abolition of the slave-trade, was either proposed or supported by himself. Such was his regard for decorum on those occasions, that the dereliction of his dearest friends, or the lowest retainers of the treasury, never affected either the temper or the language of a statesman equally eloquent and irascible.
At this epoch, however, the veil began to drop off; and while all acknowledged the wonderful talents of the man, some began to doubt the good faith of the minister. Hitherto pacific, and founding his claims to applause on an economical system, he at this period appears to have suddenly changed his.
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