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Lord Lansdowne
August 1792

O the tyranny of Aristocracy! Give it a furlong,
and it will take a mile – a bet stopped me once
from going to Brussells: and now comes a Lettre
de Cachet ordering me to Paris. The Belgian
work was not hot enough: my blood was to
reserved to dye the handkerchiefs of the Parisian
Amphitrites. See what comes of keeping bad
company. It is an observation I have collected
from high authority falling nothing short of instantaneous
obedience will satisfy Kings and Monsters. A
conspiracy is formed against me between persons
who are allways in the right and the ci-devant
servants of persons who can do no wrong: – but
wherefore? Why serve me like Uriah? I have
no wife. No consideration for the shock which
the loss would give to the feelings of Mr. Dundas:
who for this fortnight past has been waiting for
an

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Date_1	1792	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	094	Info in main headings field
Image	007	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	11
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Notes public	letter 762, vol. 4; draft; also printed in bowring, x, 275-276	ID Number	3395
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