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Montcalm's style of writing is not exemplary; but his power of faithful observation, his sagacity, and talent of prophecy are so considerable, we are tempted to give the IPSISSIMA VERBA of his long Letter in regard to those two points, the rather as it seems to have fallen much out of sight in our day: "CAMP BEFORE QUEBEC, 24th August, 1759.
This change had an important and, in some respects, a most injurious effect upon the condition of the nation, and led to enactments of a very extraordinary character, which I must submit in detail, inasmuch as I prefer giving the ipsissima verba of the statute-book to any statement of my own. They held the lands of their lord at his will, and paid their rent by military service.
In the following narrative, I have endeavoured to give as nearly as possible the ipsissima verba of the valued friend from whom I received it, conscious that any aberration from HER mode of telling the tale of her own life would at once impair its accuracy and its effect.
The letter does not stop here, but my quotation has already probably wearied most of my readers, though for my own part I am not ashamed to confess that I seldom tire of retracing with my own hand the ipsissima verba whereby great and truly notable gifts have been bestowed upon nations or Universities or even municipalities for the advancement of learning and the spread of science.
But it supplied facts, hit off odds and ends of character, and what the autobiography seldom does it gave the ipsissima verba of conversations written in helter-skelter fashion with flowing pen, sometimes in excellent French, sometimes in English, which beginning in the elaborate style of his letter broke down into queer vernacular; it was charmingly devoid of self-consciousness, so that the man as he was, and not as he imagined himself to be or would like others to imagine him, stood ingenuously disclosed.
Send me the whole lot out unless you want them, I mean of all languages; it is the loveliest leaflet I ever saw, and it still looks fresh." This leaflet consists principally of a few choice and carefully selected passages of Scripture, and shows how intensely he valued the ipsissima verba of God's own word, as a means of reaching the human heart.
The courts must so pronounce, and the executive must execute their judgments with the whole force of the State. Upon such a subject it is best to use the very language the ipsissima verba of John Marshall, as, at the same time, expressing the doctrine with the greatest force and perspicuity, and presenting, in the mere statement, the most convincing argument of its importance.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense," murmured Don, slowly recovering from his fit of laughter. "Ipsissima verba," said Flamby. Don, who was drying his eyes, turned slowly and regarded her. Flamby blushed rosily. "What did you say?" asked Don. "Nothing. I was thinking out loud." "Do you habitually think in Latin?" "No. It was just a trick of dad's. I wish you could have heard him swear in Latin."
The way to cultivate the perfect hope which alone corresponds to the gift of God is 'girding up the loins of your mind, and being sober. Of course, there is here one of the very few reminiscences that we have in the Epistles of the ipsissima verba of our Lord.
He said to me, 'That man will work mischief. I don't like your kid-glove philanthropists meddling in matters they don't understand." "Those were his very words?" "His ipsissima verba." "Very well. I have your address in my files. Here is a sovereign for you." "Only one sovereign! It's not the least use to me." "Very well. It's of great use to me. I have a wife to keep."
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