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"out of Kindness, & partly, as I tell him, out of vanity, having<lb/> | |||
"taken me into the Cabinet circle, through which certain letters<lb/> | |||
"have gone the round of travelling. I have been praying double<lb/> | |||
"tides for Lady L's recovery, not on her account, nor your father's,<lb/> | |||
"as you may imagine, but that my constancy and wisdom may<lb/> | |||
"not be put to the trial by a repetition of the summons to form<lb/> | |||
"one of her escort to Lisbon. At your age, I should have jumped<lb/> | |||
"most high at the thought of such a jaunt - but now<lb/> | |||
"what would France & the rest of the World do, if I were<lb/> | |||
"to desert them, to go and <unclear>dangle</unclear> after other men's petticoats<lb/> | |||
"at Lisbon?"<lb/> | |||
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"out of Kindness, & partly, as I tell him, out of vanity, having
"taken me into the Cabinet circle, through which certain letters
"have gone the round of travelling. I have been praying double
"tides for Lady L's recovery, not on her account, nor your father's,
"as you may imagine, but that my constancy and wisdom may
"not be put to the trial by a repetition of the summons to form
"one of her escort to Lisbon. At your age, I should have jumped
"most high at the thought of such a jaunt - but now
"what would France & the rest of the World do, if I were
"to desert them, to go and dangle after other men's petticoats
"at Lisbon?"
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[[watermarks::[feathers] i&m 1837]] |
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1837 |
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copy of letter 643, vol. 4; also partly printed in bowring x, 196-197 |
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