Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . addressedfrom London to Dr. Madden, written after his acceptance ofthe Foreign Secretaryship,^ he deplores that in his presentemployment he will have less opportunity for effectingwhat he had much at heart. It may seem vain to sayso, he writes, but I will own that I thought I could, andbegan to hope I should, do some good in Ireland. Iflattered myself that I had put jobs a little out of fashion,and your own manufactures a little zn fashion, and that Ihad i
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . addressedfrom London to Dr. Madden, written after his acceptance ofthe Foreign Secretaryship,^ he deplores that in his presentemployment he will have less opportunity for effectingwhat he had much at heart. It may seem vain to sayso, he writes, but I will own that I thought I could, andbegan to hope I should, do some good in Ireland. Iflattered myself that I had put jobs a little out of fashion,and your own manufactures a little zn fashion, and that Ihad in some degree discouraged the pernicious and beastlypractice of drinking, with many other pleasing visions ofpublic good. Fortune, Chance, or Providence, call it whatyou will, has removed me from you, and has assigned meanother destination ; but has not, I am sure, changed myinclinations, my wishes, or my efforts, upon occasion, forthe interest and prosperity of Ireland ; and I shall alwaysentertain the truest affection for, and remembrance of, thatcountry. He admired the animate and inanimate beauties ^ Letter of 12 December, mil lain Hoare Pinxt. I. t^ailpt. THOMAS HOLLES, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, ETC., ETC., ETC.
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