Early Reviews of English Poets (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...manner in which he has chosen to praise the last of these great men, is more likely, we conceive, to give offence to his admirers, than the most direct censure. The only deed for which he is praised, is for having broken off the negotiation for peace; and for this act of firmness, it is added, Heaven rewarded him with a share in the honoured grave of Pitt It is then said, that his errors should be forgotten, and that he died a Briton