I rejoice to see that neither the heat, the stench, nor service in the courts can exhaust even your superfluous vigour; and it is most ennobling to see such energies devoted to the highest of all purposes—that of replenishing her Majesty’s exchequer.
Morley expresses admiration for the dedication of individuals working to support the treasury despite challenging conditions.
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But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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