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expressed it, a sandwich of it. When well done 

 a very pretty poetical licence. After dinner Mr. 

 Grattan was talked of. Papa said he was a 

 truly great man, so much true philosophy and 

 deep wisdom in all his arguments, and yet 

 nothing laboured or studied. Mr. Brougham's 

 versatility of genius mentioned as extraordinary. 

 His last speech much admired, on Friday last, 

 in answer to Mr. Peel.' 



1 September 2, 1825. — Mr. Adam, and William 

 Adam, his son, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Adair, My Aunts, 

 Papa, Mamma, and myself at dinner. A great 

 deal of delightful conversation, and such as 

 always interests me. Mr. Fox's speeches 

 mentioned. Mr. Adam said he had spoken 

 better since the American War than before. 

 Papa considered that his three best speeches 

 were undoubtedly those on the Sedition Act in 

 answer to Sir William Grant, on the Scrutiny 

 Bill, and on Buonaparte's Wars. The first papa 

 said he thought an extraordinary speech. A 

 very clever man (Sir W. Grant), with a philoso- 

 phical turn of mind, rises and makes a speech of 

 two hours, which Mr. Fox answers sentence by 

 sentence. Papa related a characteristic trait of 



