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William Pitt

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Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.
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Nathaniel Wraxall, "Historical Memoirs of My Own Time", part 2.
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Edmund Burke's reaction to Pitt's maiden speech in Parliament. The 'old block' was William Pitt the Elder.

 
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