When Addington’s government fell in April 1804, William Pitt the Younger returned to
1804 年 4 月,阿丁顿政府垮台后,小威廉·皮特重返政坛。
美国历史
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, though he deplored the idea of American independence, denounced the government as the aggressor and rejoiced in American resistance.
查塔姆伯爵威廉·皮特虽然痛惜美国独立的想法,但谴责政府是侵略者, 并为美国的抵抗感到高兴。
人物档案
A few days later he met Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville, a cousin of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and in early July he was presented to the King and Queen.
几天后,他会见了英国首相小威廉·皮特的表弟、外交大臣格伦维尔勋爵,并于七月初被介绍给国王和王后。
美国历史
Within a year after the accession of George III, William Pitt was turned out of office, the king treating him with " gross incivility" and the crowds shouting " Pitt forever! "
——乔治三世即位后不到一年,威廉·皮特就被赶下台, 国王对他“粗鲁无礼” ,民众高呼“永远的皮特!
一双蓝蓝的眼睛(上)
It was the cleanly-cut, piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt, as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens—a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune, if properly exercised.