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When Lord John Russell formed his first Administration his opponents alleged that it was mainly composed of his cousins, and one of his younger brothers was charged with the impossible task of rebutting the accusation in a public speech. Mr. Beresford-Hope, in one of his novels, made excellent fun of what he called "the sacred circle of the Great-Grandmotherhood."
He was singularly happy in private life, for the "Sacred Circle of the Great-Grandmotherhood" contained some delightful women as well as some distinguished men.
But what I remember even more clearly than Palmers ton is appearance or manner perhaps because it did not end with his death is the estimation in which he was held by that "Sacred Circle of the Great-Grandmotherhood" to which I myself belong. In the first place, it was always asserted, with emphasis and even with acrimony, that he was not a Whig.
When Lord John Russell formed his first Administration, his opponents alleged that it was mainly composed of his cousins, and the lively oracles of Sir Bernard Burke confirmed the allegation. A. J. Beresford-Hope, in one of his novels, made excellent fun of what he called the "Sacred Circle of the Great-Grandmotherhood."
These it was these features, so purely childlike that reconciled me in a moment of time to great-grandmotherhood. The stories about Ninon de l'Enclos are French fables speaking plainly, are falsehoods; and sorry I am that a nation so amiable as the French should habitually disregard truth, when coming into collision with their love for the extravagant.
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