Annals and correspondence of the Viscount and the first and second Earls of Stair . e palliated, however, by thecustom and practice of a period in which gambling, in-trigue, and ceremony were part of the creed of theworld in which he moved. If he intrigued at Parisduring his embassy, it was for the interest and with the 328 THE STAIR ANNALS, [1747- sanction of the master by whom he was accredited,while his extravagance hurt no one so much ashimself. That the laurels earned at Dettingen were sharedby his sovereign may be admitted. Posterity hasawarded, whether justly or not, a larger proportion
Annals and correspondence of the Viscount and the first and second Earls of Stair . e palliated, however, by thecustom and practice of a period in which gambling, in-trigue, and ceremony were part of the creed of theworld in which he moved. If he intrigued at Parisduring his embassy, it was for the interest and with the 328 THE STAIR ANNALS, [1747- sanction of the master by whom he was accredited,while his extravagance hurt no one so much ashimself. That the laurels earned at Dettingen were sharedby his sovereign may be admitted. Posterity hasawarded, whether justly or not, a larger proportionof the merit of that victory to George II. than didStairs contemporaries, including those who werepresent at the battle. Lord Stairs politeness and knowledge of good-breeding are matter of tradition, and have been oftenthe subject of remark. From the tone of the lettersof intimate friends and relatives, now for the firsttime given to the public, there must have been alsosomething very genial and attractive in his natureand disposition, underlying this surface of APPENDIX SECOND EARL OF STAIR {CONTINUED) I THE STAIR ANNALS—SECONDEARL OF STAIR. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IX. Letters of Lord Bolingbrokc to the Earl of Stair.{Addressed on the back ^ for Mr Fieldenr) Paris, April 24,, WAS out of town when yours of the first of this month,, arrived, and have but a moment of time to answer itin before the departure of the post. York is too sensible ofthe obHgations he has to you for that affection and zealwherewith you have espoused his cause, to have recourseto verbal expressions of gratitude, terms which are in themouth of every man and in the heart of so few. He de-sires that the conduct of his life may pass for the expressionof his sense of what he owes you. He thought of writingto Mr Stoker [the king], but on reflection he judges thatmay be better done and more properly in point of timewhen you come on this side. In the meanwhile, he entreatsyou to say for
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