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[411] her eldest son. And these marks of the royal appro-
chap. XVII.} 1761. Oct.
bation, very moderate in comparison with his merits, if indeed those merits had not placed him above all rewards, were accepted ‘with veneration and gratitude.’ Thus he retired, having destroyed the balance of the European colonial system by the ascendency of England, confirmed the implacable hostility of France and Spain to his country, and impaired his own-popularity by accepting a pension and surrendering his family as hostages to the aristocracy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859.

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