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They obliged him to leave his pretty little home. 8. He was proud, but it was not apparent. 9. He did not turn, for at the bottom of his heart he cursed them. 10. I see that all is well.
Le 7 novembre de la même année, lord Granville reçut l'ordre de renouveler une dernière fois cette proposition en la modifiant; ce sont les termes de la dépêche de lord Palmerston; il ne s'agissait plus d'un droit de visite général et permanent, mais d'une expérience partielle et temporaire (partial and temporary experiment) qui laisserait constamment la question sous le contrôle des deux gouvernements (which would still leave the question at all times within the control of the two governments); et, pour atteindre ce but, il était proposé que chaque gouvernement délivrât aux croiseurs de l'autre des mandats, lesquels ne seraient exécutoires qu'en dedans de certaines zones et pourraient être renouvelés périodiquement de trois en trois ans, par exemple, ou même constamment sujets
52 17 se ressemblent: 'look alike', cf. note to 7 2 ces dames: cf. note to 16 13 ne sortent guère: 'rarely leave their homes', sortir = 'to go out, 'to leave the house. 52 18 ville haute: cf. note to 37 27. 52 25 Teurs ... forbans: 'fierce Turks with pirate like heads', cf. note to 1 5.
It is still therefore in His Majesty's power to instruct his Governors to leave that tract of ground on the frontiers unconceded, at least for some years, when a better judgment may be made than at present of the turn which affairs may take, on this continent.»
This place is of great consequence for two reasons, 1st. because it keeps the communication between Canada and Mississipi by the river Ohio open, which else our Indians would be able to intercept at pleasure, and 2d. if it should be made a fort with soldiers enough in it, it will keep our Indians from going over the narrow part of the lake Ontario by this only pass of the Indians without leave of the French, so that if it were demolished the far Indians would depend on us».
Having been branded with suspicion, he was compelled to leave the Court during the reign of Henry III., but was soon recalled. In 1562 he aided in the capture of Bourges from the Protestants and later succeeded the Marshall of St. André as Governor of Dauphiné. In 1566 he married Anne d'Este, widow of the Duke of Guise. His later years were spent in retirement from the Court.
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