people--would our ancestors have used adulation like this? the very paragraph ought to be taken notice of and punished. Besides, is there anything in the speech about Hanover, that calls for this resolution? Grotius declares it is not necessary even _socium defendere si nulla spes boni exitus_--then half-turning with an air of the greatest contempt towards Sir George Lyttelton, he said, “A gentleman near me has talked too of writers on the Law of Nations--Nature is the best writer; she will teach us to be men, and not to truckle to power. The noble lord who moved the Address seemed inspired with it! I,” continued he, “who am at a distance from that _sanctum sanctorum_, whither the priest goes for inspiration, I who travel through a desert, and am overwhelmed with mountains of obscurity, cannot so easily catch a gleam to direct me to the beauties of these negotiations--but there are parts of this Address that do not seem to come from the same quarter with the rest--I cannot unravel this mystery--yes,” cried he, clapping his hand suddenly to his forehead, “I too am inspired now! it strikes me! I remember at Lyons to have been carried to see the conflux of the Rhone[13] and Saone;[14] this, a gentle, feeble, languid stream, and though languid, of no depth--the other, a boisterous and impetuous torrent--but they meet at last; and long may they continue united, to the comfort of each other, and to the glory, honour, and security of this nation! I wanted indeed to know whence came the feebleness of what goes upon too many legs; whose child it is--I see who breeds it up.