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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 28: (search)
as he was, hastened to London. Charles Townshend was warm in the sunshine of majesty; Trecothick in Cavendish, i. 212. but as Chatham attributed the disaster to his lukewarmness and wished to dismiss him, the King readily assented; and Lord North was invited to become Chancellor of the Exchequer. Townshend knew well what was passing; Shelburne to Chatham, 13 March 1767. and in the debates on the East India question, with easy confidence gave a defiance, De Guerchy to Choiseul, 8 March, 1767. by asserting his own opinions. I expect to be dismissed for it, said he openly; but Lord North would not venture to supersede him. Whom will Chap. Xxviii} 1767. March Chatham next recommend? asked the King, through Grafton; and no other could be named. This was a new humiliation. Chatham saw his adversary exposed defenceless to his will; and the shaft which his aged and enfeebled hand tremulously hurled at him, fell harmless at his own feet. He could endure no more. We cannot r