Thrale history
Hester Lynch SALUSBURY

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The famous Quatrain Number 93.1 de Pybrac which hindered his being made Chancellor of France I likewise imitated & published about the same Time.
Je hai ces mots de puissance absoluë
De plein Pouvoir de premier Mouvement;
Aux Saints Decrets ils ont premierement,
Puis de nos Loix la puissance tolluë.—
I hate this vile Maxim of absolute Sway
To Britons a new fangled Notion;
And lost us the Rule of the Ocean.—
Footnotes
- Number 93.↩︎
Verses: "Quatrain de Pybrac"
Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury. Thraliana. July 1779.
| Date | Jul 1779 |
| Linked to | Thraliana by Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale); Hester Lynch SALUSBURY |
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