The Second Essay On the Earl of Chatham (William Pitt)
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He revenged himself by murmuring, in a whine resembling Grenville's, a line of a well-known song, " Gentle Shepherd, tell me where." " If," cried Grenville, " gentlemen are to be treated in this way " — Pitt, as was his fashion, when he meant to mark extreme contempt, rose deliber- ately, made his bow, and walked out of the House, leaving his brother-in-law in convulsions of rage, and everybody else in con- vulsions of laughter. It was long before Grenville lost the nick- name of the Gentle She...pherd. But the ministry had vexations still more serious to endure. The hatred which the Tories and Scots bore to Fox was impla- cable. In a moment of extreme peril they had consented to put themselves under his guidance ; but the aversion with which they regarded him broke forth as -soon as the crisis seemed to be over. Some of them attacked him about the accounts of the Pay Office. Some of them rudely interrupted him, when speaking, by laughter and ironical cheers. He was naturally desirous to escape from so disagreeable a situation, and demanded the peerage which had been promised as the reward of his services.
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