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In this committee Jeffreys alone represented the Protestant interest. Powis alone represented the moderate Roman Catholics. All the other members belonged to the Jesuitical faction. Among them was Petre, who had just been sworn of the Council. Till he took his seat at the board, his elevation had been kept a profound secret from everybody but Sunderland.
It is impossible for any one to entertain a higher opinion of your country-women as I hope to show as, I trust, my respect and admiration have always proved nay, Powis, you, as an American, will exonerate me from this want of taste judgment feeling " Paul laughed, but told the embarrassed and really distressed baronet, that he should leave him in the very excellent hands into which he had fallen.
Effingham, "and leave little doubt that Paul is the child of John Effingham and Mildred Warrender; but they would be beyond all cavil, were the infancy of the boy placed in an equally plain point of view, and could the reasons be known why the Warrenders abandoned him to the care of those who yielded him up to Mr. Powis." "I see but little obscurity in that," returned John Effingham.
Hawker, who already complains of fatigue; and you will send for Powis, to meet you in your own room, without unnecessary delay." Eve kissed John Effingham coaxingly, and as they walked together out of the library, she pointed towards the door that led to the chambers. Her cousin laughingly complied, and when in his own room, he sent a message to Paul to join him.
Powis, but that he is actually a Mr. Blunt. Do you happen to know any thing of the matter, Captain Truck?" "I have been introduced to him, ma'am, by all three names, and I consider him as an acquaintance in each character. I can assure you, moreover, that he is A, No. 1, on whichever tack you take him; a man who carries a weather helm in the midst of his enemies."
The windows are round-headed, with tracery of a peculiarly ugly type; but the interior is better than the exterior, and has lately been repaired and redecorated throughout. Powis House originally stood where Powis Place, Great Ormond Street, now is.
"Pourrie avant d'etre mure. Mure, America is certainly far from being; but I am not disposed to accuse her yet of being quitepourrie." "We had flattered ourselves," said Eve, a little reproachfully, "with having at last found a countryman in Mr. Powis." "And how would that change the question?
It is impossible for any reasoning to dispel the idea that this must be a true and fixed principle, independent, in many noble instances, of the hope of reward, a far less enduring motive, and one which would be apt to change with every change of fortune. Lady Nithisdale, on her father's side, was descended from the Herberts of Powis Castle, who were ennobled in the reign of James the First.
Powis, with shame and reluctance which he could not dissemble, put into the witness box Blathwayt, a Clerk of the Privy Council, who had been present when the King interrogated the Bishops. Blathwayt swore that he had heard them own their signatures. His testimony was decisive.
Paul Powis, with a general remark that he had formerly served, together with a particular inquiry if he knew any thing about him. All this, no doubt, you think very officious; but believe me, dear Eve, where there was as much interest as I felt and feel in you, it was very natural."
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