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of warning you of these <add>pointing out the probability of such</add> charges, you surely will not <lb/>impute to me understand me as meaning point<lb/>out myself for the author. It would be to<lb/>mistake the <del>lizard who gives warning of the serpent</del> <add>forewarning lizard <del>for the</del></add><lb/>for the <add>impending</add> serpent. <del>himself whose fangs were in readiness <add>who was <add>stands</add> <add>preparing himself</add> <lb/>to bite <add>to strike</add>.</del> How the charge would appear to an obscure<lb/>individual like myself, merited or unmerited, is surely<lb/><del>not</del> if any thing can be, beneath the enquiry of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/>Dundas: whatever the charge be, merited or unmerited<lb/>any body rather than me would be the author of <lb/>it. In a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <del>Hend</del> Fox or a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Hendon<lb/>it might <add>indeed</add> be a threat: in me it can but be a<lb/> warning. <add>& for my part <del>Heaven grant</del> I should be but too happy</add><lb/><del>Would to God that in that character</del><lb/>(<del>you do not doubt of it Sir)</del> nor will you doubt me, Sir) if in that character it were to<lb/><del>it may be found to</del> make the impression which it<lb/>ought.<lb/><p>There are times when the most serious transgressions<lb/>of Ministers are invisible <add>overlooked</add> : there are times when<lb/>the most venial ones are <del>eagerly</del> caught up and<lb/>magnified. I hope you will not think I am fond<lb/>of bad prospects, when <add>because</add> looking for good ones <note>as anxiously as <lb/>you can do,</note><lb/>I <del>find</del> <add>experience</add><lb/><del>it</del> some difficulty in finding them. We have not<lb/>been eminently successful of late: it may happen<lb/>to us to be still less so. France <add>The seat of moral pestilence</add> has not been conquered <lb/>by an offensive war: it may perhaps <add>remain <lb/>unconquered</add> not be conquered even by a defensive one. <del>We</del><lb/>After having failed with a host of others, we may <add>prosper</add><lb/><del>find ourselves</del> <add>fare no better when</add> alone. We may <del>be sent</del> wish for<lb/>peace and be unable to <del>maintain</del> <add>obtain</add> it. The storm may<lb/>come, and <del>then with it the time</del> <add>the cry may be</add> for <add>a</add> Jonas to be cast <del>out</del><lb/><add>overboard.</add> <del>There will be times Ministers may then find a</del> <add>There may be a difficulty then</add> difficulty in<lb/>standing against unfounded charges? How will <del>they feel</del> <add>it be <del>with</del></add> in<lb/>regard to founded ones?<lb/></p> | of warning you of these <add>pointing out the probability of such</add> charges, you surely will not <lb/>impute to me understand me as meaning point<lb/>out myself for the author. It would be to<lb/>mistake the <del>lizard who gives warning of the serpent</del> <add>forewarning lizard <del>for the</del></add><lb/>for the <add>impending</add> serpent. <del>himself whose fangs were in readiness <add>who was <add>stands</add> <add>preparing himself</add> <lb/>to bite <add>to strike</add>.</del> How the charge would appear to an obscure<lb/>individual like myself, merited or unmerited, is surely<lb/><del>not</del> if any thing can be, beneath the enquiry of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/>Dundas: whatever the charge be, merited or unmerited<lb/>any body rather than me would be the author of <lb/>it. In a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <del>Hend</del> Fox or a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Hendon<lb/>it might <add>indeed</add> be a threat: in me it can but be a<lb/> warning. <add>& for my part <del>Heaven grant</del> I should be but too happy</add><lb/><del>Would to God that in that character</del><lb/>(<del>you do not doubt of it Sir)</del> nor will you doubt me, Sir) if in that character it were to<lb/><del>it may be found to</del> make the impression which it<lb/>ought.<lb/><p>There are times when the most serious transgressions<lb/>of Ministers are invisible <add>overlooked</add> : there are times when<lb/>the most venial ones are <del>eagerly</del> caught up and<lb/>magnified. I hope you will not think I am fond<lb/>of bad prospects, when <add>because</add> looking for good ones <note>as anxiously as <lb/>you can do,</note><lb/>I <del>find</del> <add>experience</add><lb/><del>it</del> some difficulty in finding them. We have not<lb/>been eminently successful of late: it may happen<lb/>to us to be still less so. France <add>The seat of moral pestilence</add> has not been conquered <lb/>by an offensive war: it may perhaps <add>remain <lb/>unconquered</add> not be conquered even by a defensive one. <del>We</del><lb/>After having failed with a host of others, we may <add>prosper</add><lb/><del>find ourselves</del> <add>fare no better when</add> alone. We may <del>be sent</del> wish for<lb/>peace and be unable to <del>maintain</del> <add>obtain</add> it. The storm may<lb/>come, and <del>then with it the time</del> <add>the cry may be</add> for <add>a</add> Jonas to be cast <del>out</del><lb/><add>overboard.</add> <del>There will be times Ministers may then find a</del> <add>There may be a difficulty then</add> difficulty in<lb/>standing against unfounded charges? How will <del>they feel</del> <add>it be <del>with</del></add> in<lb/>regard to founded ones?<lb/></p> | ||
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What there is of fact <lb/>in the case is notorious <lb/>in its own nature: <lb/>it is not I <lb/>that make it so. <lb/>I do not say that <lb/>I am altogether silent: <lb/>for why should <lb/>I be? Complaint is <lb/>the only consolation, <lb/>the only occupation <lb/>you have left me. <lb/>I do not pretend <lb/>to silence; <del>I only</del> <lb/>all I mean to say <lb/>is that nothing turns <lb/>upon it. My distresses <lb/>are but too <lb/>well known: believe <lb/>me, Sir, the burthen <lb/><del>of</del> the mere burthen of<lb/> them is quite enough<lb/> for me. You will not <lb/>surely expect me to be <lb/>be forward to take upon <lb/>myself, what <del>does</del> <add>as</add><lb/>you know, does not | What there is of fact <lb/>in the case is notorious <lb/>in its own nature: <lb/>it is not I <lb/>that make it so. <lb/>I do not say that <lb/>I am altogether silent: <lb/>for why should <lb/>I be? Complaint is <lb/>the only consolation, <lb/>the only occupation <lb/>you have left me. <lb/>I do not pretend <lb/>to silence; <del>I only</del> <lb/>all I mean to say <lb/>is that nothing turns <lb/>upon it. My distresses <lb/>are but too <lb/>well known: believe <lb/>me, Sir, the burthen <lb/><del>of</del> the mere burthen of<lb/> them is quite enough<lb/> for me. You will not <lb/>surely expect me to be <lb/>be forward to take upon <lb/>myself, what <del>does</del> <add>as</add><lb/>you know, does not <lb/>belong to me, - the blame. I do not pretend <lb/>therefore to silence: <lb/>all I mean to <lb/>say is, that nothing <lb/>turns upon it.</note><lb/><pb/> | ||
To Dundas
1794 Sept.
Not sent
of warning you of these pointing out the probability of such charges, you surely will not
impute to me understand me as meaning point
out myself for the author. It would be to
mistake the lizard who gives warning of the serpent forewarning lizard for the
for the impending serpent. himself whose fangs were in readiness who was <add>stands preparing himself
to bite to strike. How the charge would appear to an obscure
individual like myself, merited or unmerited, is surely
not if any thing can be, beneath the enquiry of Mr
Dundas: whatever the charge be, merited or unmerited
any body rather than me would be the author of
it. In a Mr Hend Fox or a Mr Hendon
it might indeed be a threat: in me it can but be a
warning. & for my part Heaven grant I should be but too happy
Would to God that in that character
(you do not doubt of it Sir) nor will you doubt me, Sir) if in that character it were to
it may be found to make the impression which it
ought.
There are times when the most serious transgressions
of Ministers are invisible overlooked : there are times when
the most venial ones are eagerly caught up and
magnified. I hope you will not think I am fond
of bad prospects, when because looking for good ones as anxiously as
you can do,
I find experience
it some difficulty in finding them. We have not
been eminently successful of late: it may happen
to us to be still less so. France The seat of moral pestilence has not been conquered
by an offensive war: it may perhaps remain
unconquered not be conquered even by a defensive one. We
After having failed with a host of others, we may prosper
find ourselves fare no better when alone. We may be sent wish for
peace and be unable to maintain obtain it. The storm may
come, and then with it the time the cry may be for a Jonas to be cast out
overboard. There will be times Ministers may then find a There may be a difficulty then difficulty in
standing against unfounded charges? How will they feel it be with in
regard to founded ones?
What there is of fact
in the case is notorious
in its own nature:
it is not I
that make it so.
I do not say that
I am altogether silent:
for why should
I be? Complaint is
the only consolation,
the only occupation
you have left me.
I do not pretend
to silence; I only
all I mean to say
is that nothing turns
upon it. My distresses
are but too
well known: believe
me, Sir, the burthen
of the mere burthen of
them is quite enough
for me. You will not
surely expect me to be
be forward to take upon
myself, what does as
you know, does not
belong to me, - the blame. I do not pretend
therefore to silence:
all I mean to
say is, that nothing
turns upon it.
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