277.] So that really, before God, it seems Montalembert must have the merit of this fine achievement:--the one fruit, so far as I can discover, of his really excellent reasonings, eloquences, patiences, sown broadcast, four or five long years, on such a field as fine human talent never had before.

I declare to you, M.l'Ambassadeur, this excellent vulture-swoop on Berlin, and burning or reburning of the Peasantry of the Mark, is due solely to one poor zealous gentleman!-- What was next to follow out of THIS,--in Torgau neighborhood, where Daun now stands expectant,--poor M.de Montalembert was far from anticipating; and will be in no haste to claim the merit of before God or man..