If we must have war again, as I fear we must, and very speedily, our chief hope must be that the Lord will support His cause against the scoffer and the infidel, the libertine and the assassin." "You see how beautifully your father puts it, Eliza; but he never abuses people.

That is a habit in which, I am sorry to say, you indulge too freely.

You show no good feeling to anybody who differs from you in opinion, and you talk as if Frenchmen had no religion, no principles, and no humanity.

And what do you know about them, pray?
Have you ever spoken to a Frenchman?
Have you ever even seen one?
Would you know one if you even set eyes upon him ?" "Well, I am not at all sure that I should," the young lady replied, being thoroughly truthful; "and I have no wish for the opportunity.

But I have seen a French woman, mother; and that is quite enough for me.