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should not be appresid of. Thurlow promised him in the most solemn
manner, laying his hand on his heart to keep it secret — he went and 
told it the King immediately. This  passed in the room where we were
sitting.  On the day of his (L.L.) resignation there was a meeting of Peers
on that occasion at L. House. Pitt fearing the intimation of resignation 
not sufficiently explicit. came out to him from the Peers to desire 
make it more so - He did- and then Pit, having got this assurance, accepted
this place. This story he told me at two different times. It seemed to 
sit very heavy on him- but I did not perceive either time wherein the 
treachery consisted, nor how Pitt was to blame. There seemed to be a tacit 
reference to some compact expressed or understood.
The O. of Leeds a poor creature. Ld. Sidney a stupid fellow. His own
character he conceived to stand high in Europe — he was sure it did in France. 
He had received a very flattering Letter from the late K. of Prussia.
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