The Early History of Charles James Fox
The Early History of Charles James Fox
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Urwin in a letter of that date, had " finished and polished, and touched and retouched with the utmost care, " writ- ing them at the rate of a dozen, instead, as had been usual with him, of sixty, lines a morning. 0, si sic omnia !
Chap. VII. ] CHARLES JAMES FOX. 2G9 " Men of spirit, " Ben Jonson tells us, " seldom keep earth long;" and the acres of King's Gate, as well as the groves that stood upon them, had long ere that gone the way of ev- erything which Fox possessed except his public honor... and his political conscience.
The earliest of those follies which stripped him of his pat- rimony before he had learned the importance of money, and of the solid worldly position which money gives, were com- mitted beneath his father's eye. For some years together, about this period of the family history, Lord Holland made it a rule to spend his winter in the South of Europe ; and his annual migrations, with sons, sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and tutors in his train, were, for the time that they lasted, more expensive than the travels of any one under an emper- or.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Urwin in a letter of that date, had " finished and polished, and touched and retouched with the utmost care, " writ- ing them at the rate of a dozen, instead, as had been usual with him, of sixty, lines a morning. 0, si sic omnia !
Chap. VII. ] CHARLES JAMES FOX. 2G9 " Men of spirit, " Ben Jonson tells us, " seldom keep earth long;" and the acres of King's Gate, as well as the groves that stood upon them, had long ere that gone the way of ev- erything which Fox possessed except his public honor... and his political conscience.
The earliest of those follies which stripped him of his pat- rimony before he had learned the importance of money, and of the solid worldly position which money gives, were com- mitted beneath his father's eye. For some years together, about this period of the family history, Lord Holland made it a rule to spend his winter in the South of Europe ; and his annual migrations, with sons, sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and tutors in his train, were, for the time that they lasted, more expensive than the travels of any one under an emper- or.
What to read after The Early History of Charles James Fox?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Otto Trevelyan to read onlineMoreLess
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