He is, like myself, in poor heart at the aspect of public affairs.

In his opinion the Ministers when they brought in the Bill neither expected nor wished it to be carried.

All they wanted was an opportunity of saying to the people, 'Behold what great things we would have done for you had it been in our power: we must now content ourselves with the best we can get.' But, to return to your letter.

To speak frankly, you appear to be at least three-fourths gone in love; therefore, think about the last quarter in the journey.

The picture you give of the lady makes one wish to see her more familiarly than I had an opportunity of doing, were it only to ascertain whether, as you astronomers have in your observatories magnifying glasses for the stars, you do not carry about with you also, when you descend to common life, coloured glasses and Claude Loraine mirrors for throwing upon objects that interest you enough for the purpose, such lights and hues as may be most to the taste of the intellectual vision.