To be out of the dark and the restraint is a blessing to that spirit, and must be felt so by all who love her.

Of course I shall write to Lady Augusta Bruce....
No, I don't think there is much to be forgiven by my countrymen in my book.

What I reproach them for, none of them deny.

They certainly took no part in the war, nor will they if there is more war, and certainly the existence of the rifle clubs is a fact.
Robert and I began to write on the Italian question together, and our plan was (Robert's own suggestion!) to publish jointly.

When I showed him my ode on Napoleon he observed that I was gentle to England in comparison to what he had been, but after Villafranca (the Palmerston Ministry having come in) he destroyed his poem and left me alone, and I determined to stand alone.