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<head>29</head><!-- aligned to the right-hand margin, and in pencil --> | <head>29</head><!-- aligned to the right-hand margin, and in pencil --> | ||
<p><hi rend='underline'>indeed , and such people say it would be a very good | <p><hi rend='underline'>indeed, and such people say it would be a very good | ||
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thing for him : but, Sir, they know nothing at all | thing for him: but, Sir, they know nothing at all | ||
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about the matter . He says the don't.</hi> Had this | about the matter. He says the don't.</hi> Had this | ||
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been otherwise than satisfactory , could it ever have | been otherwise than satisfactory, could it ever have | ||
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been less so than the sum total of these four grounds | been less so than the sum total of these four grounds | ||
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or | or fort<del>e</del>y such grounds put together? — | ||
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in it) would at any rate have been frank & open: | in it) would at any rate have been frank & open: | ||
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but policy , the very profundity of policy , was the | but policy, the very profundity of policy, was the | ||
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order of the day with his Grace . — | order of the day with his Grace. — | ||
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<p><!-- indented -->A plot like this ! a plot for getting prisons | <p><!-- indented -->A plot like this! a plot for getting prisons | ||
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built by stratagem! - a plot for helping a thing | built by stratagem! - a plot for helping a thing | ||
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on by stopping it ! In this or any other country - in | on by stopping it! In this or any other country - in | ||
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the regions even of imagination , wide as they are , | the regions even of imagination, wide as they are, | ||
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is there any thing like a parallel to it to be found? | is there any thing like a parallel to it to be found? | ||
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Let us try , my Lord. — | Let us try, my Lord. — | ||
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<p><!-- indented -->After this at least, who shall that , among | <p><!-- indented -->After this at least, who shall that, among | ||
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the robbers that render walking unsafe and the burglarers | the robbers that render walking unsafe and the burglarers | ||
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that render sleep unquiet , there may not be | that render sleep unquiet, there may not be | ||
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patriots in disgrace , who waiting the self-devotion | patriots in disgrace, who waiting the self-devotion | ||
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of a <hi rend='underline'>Curtiu</hi>s to the policy of a <hi rend='underline'>Machieavel</hi> , are | of a <hi rend='underline'>Curtiu</hi>s to the policy of a <hi rend='underline'>Machieavel</hi>, are | ||
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emulating all the while in their humble sphere , | emulating all the while in their humble sphere, | ||
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this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep | this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep | ||
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laid plan of the Duke ? - this deep laid plan of | laid plan of the Duke? - this deep laid plan of | ||
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the Duke slipt upon and thereby acted upon with | the Duke slipt upon and thereby acted upon with | ||
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indeed, and such people say it would be a very good
thing for him: but, Sir, they know nothing at all
about the matter. He says the don't. Had this
been otherwise than satisfactory, could it ever have
been less so than the sum total of these four grounds
or fortey such grounds put together? —
This (Your Lordship kn knows or may know
at any time whether there be any thing like truth
in it) would at any rate have been frank & open:
but policy, the very profundity of policy, was the
order of the day with his Grace. —
A plot like this! a plot for getting prisons
built by stratagem! - a plot for helping a thing
on by stopping it! In this or any other country - in
the regions even of imagination, wide as they are,
is there any thing like a parallel to it to be found?
Let us try, my Lord. —
After this at least, who shall that, among
the robbers that render walking unsafe and the burglarers
that render sleep unquiet, there may not be
patriots in disgrace, who waiting the self-devotion
of a Curtius to the policy of a Machieavel, are
emulating all the while in their humble sphere,
this brilliant emanation of official wisdom —deep
laid plan of the Duke? - this deep laid plan of
the Duke slipt upon and thereby acted upon with
or without dreams about causes and consequences
by his Grace's Noble Successor ! Such (they may be
saying to themselves) is "the spur spirit of improvement
"which now so universally prevails" among his
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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