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OF LAURISTON. 99
deliver such messages as I received from
curt, and to receive short and formal an-
-wers. In what manner Mr. Law has acted
first minister I may save the trouble of
ing you ; you have seen and felt it."
" My dear Craggs, take my word for it Mr.
Law's plan is formed to destroy the King and
lis government, and our nation, and he will
certainly bring his master into it ; nor is there
any other way to divert him from that design
■ut by shewing his master that it is dange-
us for him to attack us. There is nothing
t an appearance of strength and firmness
>n our side, or the miscarriage of Law's sys-
tem on this side, can save us from a war with
France ; and no personal credit that any body
may flatter themselves they have with the
Juke of Orleans, will signify any thing to di-
vert it. Your letter about Gibraltar is very
well writ, and it was very right to write it ;
.jut I will give you my word for it, it will
iiave no manner of weight here if Law's sys-
tem takes place. If they can bully the mi-
nistry, or make a party in England, we must
part with Gibraltar ; and when we have part-
ed with it, we shall be every way as little se-
deliver such messages as I received from
curt, and to receive short and formal an-
-wers. In what manner Mr. Law has acted
first minister I may save the trouble of
ing you ; you have seen and felt it."
" My dear Craggs, take my word for it Mr.
Law's plan is formed to destroy the King and
lis government, and our nation, and he will
certainly bring his master into it ; nor is there
any other way to divert him from that design
■ut by shewing his master that it is dange-
us for him to attack us. There is nothing
t an appearance of strength and firmness
>n our side, or the miscarriage of Law's sys-
tem on this side, can save us from a war with
France ; and no personal credit that any body
may flatter themselves they have with the
Juke of Orleans, will signify any thing to di-
vert it. Your letter about Gibraltar is very
well writ, and it was very right to write it ;
.jut I will give you my word for it, it will
iiave no manner of weight here if Law's sys-
tem takes place. If they can bully the mi-
nistry, or make a party in England, we must
part with Gibraltar ; and when we have part-
ed with it, we shall be every way as little se-
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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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