[COMPLETE biography] Charles James Fox by Henry Offley Wakeman - tg

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Charles James Fox by Henry Offley Wakeman (1852 - 1899).

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Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch opponent of George III, he supported the American colonists throughout the War of Independence. He was a leading parliamentary advocate of religious tolerance, individual liberty, and the anti-slavery cause. A notorious gambler and womanizer, Fox fell in love with and married Elizabeth Armistead, the former mistress of the Prince of Wales, and found happiness and tranquility in their home, St. Anne's Hill. He was most famous for his oratory, of which Wakeman writes that in "the whole range of Fox's speeches there is not to be found a mean thought or an affectation...The very openness and complete absence of reserve, with which he poured out his whole heart to his audience took them by storm." (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200964
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Last edited by pnagami on January 16th, 2020, 4:03 pm, edited 8 times in total.
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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Barbara2 has kindly consented to DPL this project.

My best,

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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This is set up. :)
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Thank you, Tricia!

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

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Looks like we're all set. Moving this to Going Solo. :)
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Thank you, TriciaG.

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

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Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

17:42

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/charlesjamesfox_01_wakeman_128kb.mp3

Thank you again for agreeing to help with this project!

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: October 10th, 2019, 8:42 am Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

17:42

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/charlesjamesfox_01_wakeman_128kb.mp3

Thank you again for agreeing to help with this project!

Pam
Great! I've been looking out for him but he got away on me.

Best,

Barbara
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Thanks, Barbara!

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: October 10th, 2019, 8:42 am Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

17:42

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/charlesjamesfox_01_wakeman_128kb.mp3

Thank you again for agreeing to help with this project!

Pam
Section 1 is PL OK. So many old names of which I have confused memories from our time with Samuel Rogers...

Best,

Barbara
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Yes, it’s packed with the big names.

Thanks, Barbara!

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is up:

17:09

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/charlesjamesfox_02_wakeman_128kb.mp3

Lady Waldegrave was the illegitimate niece of Horace Walpole.

My best,

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: October 17th, 2019, 8:44 am Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is up:

17:09

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/charlesjamesfox_02_wakeman_128kb.mp3

Lady Waldegrave was the illegitimate niece of Horace Walpole.

My best,

Pam
Yes! So many familiar names...I'll have to get reacquainted with their owners.

PL OK.

Barbara
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Thank you, Barbara!

Yes it's a rogues gallery of the 1770s.

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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