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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
e at least presume that this is not impossible. It is very certain that nearly all Europe takes the part of the colonies and defends their cause, while that of the court finds neither favor nor aid. Persons who have lately been in England, and with whom I have spoken, make no secret with me, that the higher classes of the nation are no longer so enthusiastic for their liberty. From all that I have learned, it appears that the ancient British spirit is almost totally eclipsed. Ibid., 18 Dec., 1775. When the ministry confessed its inability to reduce the colonies except by the subvention of foreign troops, he wrote: The imprudence of Lord North shows itself in the clearest light; and surely he ought not to be at his ease, when he considers that it is he who has plunged his country into this abyss of embarrassment and Chap. III.} 1775. difficulties. Frederic to Maltzan, 4 Jan., 1776. No prince could be farther than Frederic from romantic attempts to rescue from oppression f