Memoir of the life of John Law of Lauriston
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80 LIFE OF JOHN LAW
into Mr. Law's hands ; but I thought it my
duty, considering my station, not to do so.
" He" (the Abbe du Bois) " told me, that if
some people prevailed, measures would be
changed ; that Torcy took the ascendant very
much, and that the Regent discovered a great
partiality towards him ; and that, if it conti-
nued a little longer, he, the Abbe, would lay
down. I am sure Law is in this thing, for he
will be for removing every thing that does not
absolutely depend upon him, and that can in
any manner stand in his way to be first minis-
ter. Law's heart has been set upon that from
the beginning ; and we stand too directly in
the way of his ambitious views for France, to
imagine that a good understanding can sub-
sist long between the nations, if he comes to
govern absolutely. *
" They tell the Regent that he has now o-
vercome all his difficulties ; that France is now
greater, and in a more flourishing condition
than ever she was ; and that to make his court
to the nation, he has nothing to do now but
to enter into the ancient maxims and political
* 1st September 1719.
into Mr. Law's hands ; but I thought it my
duty, considering my station, not to do so.
" He" (the Abbe du Bois) " told me, that if
some people prevailed, measures would be
changed ; that Torcy took the ascendant very
much, and that the Regent discovered a great
partiality towards him ; and that, if it conti-
nued a little longer, he, the Abbe, would lay
down. I am sure Law is in this thing, for he
will be for removing every thing that does not
absolutely depend upon him, and that can in
any manner stand in his way to be first minis-
ter. Law's heart has been set upon that from
the beginning ; and we stand too directly in
the way of his ambitious views for France, to
imagine that a good understanding can sub-
sist long between the nations, if he comes to
govern absolutely. *
" They tell the Regent that he has now o-
vercome all his difficulties ; that France is now
greater, and in a more flourishing condition
than ever she was ; and that to make his court
to the nation, he has nothing to do now but
to enter into the ancient maxims and political
* 1st September 1719.
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| Description | Including a detailed account of the rise, progress, and termination of the Mississippi system. By John Philip Wood. Edinburgh: Printed [by A. Balfour & Co.] for Adam Black, MDCCCXXIV [1824]. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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