Nature's simple plan; a phase of radical thought in the mid-eighteenth century . wever all this be,certain it is that the two became fast friends. Itwas for no merely international reasons that theGeneral placed Boswell next him at dinner, per-mitted him to ride on his own horse with its trap-pings of crimson and gold, and presented himwith his own pistols. Boswell himself says thatthe attention shown him as a subject of GreatBritain was noised abroad in Italy and confirmedthe notion that he was an envoy. The peasantsand soldiers called him the amhasciadore though Boswell was not a
Nature's simple plan; a phase of radical thought in the mid-eighteenth century . wever all this be,certain it is that the two became fast friends. Itwas for no merely international reasons that theGeneral placed Boswell next him at dinner, per-mitted him to ride on his own horse with its trap-pings of crimson and gold, and presented himwith his own pistols. Boswell himself says thatthe attention shown him as a subject of GreatBritain was noised abroad in Italy and confirmedthe notion that he was an envoy. The peasantsand soldiers called him the amhasciadore though Boswell was not an English envoyto Corsica, he did his best to act the part of Cor-sican envoy to England when he returned. Paoliwell knew that Boswell intended to plead theCorsican cause. *When I asked him what Icould possibly do in return for all his goodnessto me, he repHed, Solamente disingannate il suocorte. Only undeceive your court. Tell themwhat you have seen here. They will be curious toask you. A man come from Corsica will be like < c c c c<: , ccc c t c f , ,. C C C ^C ,C C C. lA .>. y</. «X< HiS/ili^c [» ^n t/w I ?(/,»ly <i/i * Vr//u</ CorficaB CJiief, ({^ /w ayi/t/aiul at- A NEW NATION 49 a man come from the Antipodes. I expressedsuch hopes as a man of sensibility would in mysituation naturally form. He saw at least oneBriton devoted to his cause. I threw out manyflattering ideas of future political events, imagedthe British and the Corsicans strictly united bothin commerce and in war, and described the bluntkindness and admiration with which the hearty,generous common people of England would treatthe brave Corsicans. It has been customary among critics to laughat Boswells efforts on behalf of Corsica as aspecimen of his characteristic presumption. Hisefforts have indeed their comic aspect, and it is,moreover, clear that in all his activity he wasmore than wilhng to acquire a personal renownas *James Boswell, Esq., the Corsican traveller h
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