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thought of him as 1 did myself . ' -I tremble for those in power : —I wishNvell to many of them . I often think of Noah's ark , clean and unclean , but it might now he as necessary as then ; and yet , if the vessel will only keep us above water tiltehe dove returns with the olive fcranch , I shall be very thankful . "
Mrs . Jebb ' s alarm for the public safety was once more excited by the rapidly declining health of Mr » Fox , in whom her confidence was chiefly placed * She observes in a subsequent letter , July 18 th ,
Mr . Fox , as I am informed , is much better : I wish he may live to make a peace , which is . the wish of His heart ; and I am told he lately said , < If I can only live to see a general peace I shall think that I have lived long enough . ' But if he should die , I should fear that veti the abolition of the slave-trade
would riot pass . ' * # Again , September 1 st , ' I tremble lest the news from France hould be unfavourable , for what but peace can save us : and yet , unless we ihake some concession with respect to the liberty of the seas , I think we have mo reason to expect it , "
And on the 4 tb of October , when Mr , Fox was dead , and the return of the Earl of Lauder ^ ale resolved on , she thus resumes the subject : " With the horrors of war before me , I see nothing very agreeable to ruminate upon ; but I will not yet entirely give up
the hopes of peace , and should hot be surprised to hear very soon that the affair is settled . But if itis not , and Austria should join in a new coalition , the carnage will be dreadful , and , in all probab ility , no party , all things considered , a gajner . **
Mrs . Jebb lamented the increasing divisions amongst the friends SftflS ^ fe : W « S ^ A ^ 5 ttfc 2 ^ portage , vheo compared wiifo the gr « at constitutional * questions tti « l / Rfi ^^ Alte And she ' regretted * still more - tbe Xatal delusion ^ which kd so many * ' - ¦ " * -
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of them to exult in the downfal of those ministers ,, who , however re . prehensible in some parts of their conduct , had effected the a bofiiion of the slave * trade ; ancl were
attempting to restore * though but in part , the rights- of conscience to all dissidents from the established church . Addressing herself again to Dr . Disney , April 2 d , 1807 , she said .
«« The king' has made a precious change . The present ministry have been watching behind the scenes , and the king ' s conscience greatly assisted them , and pointed out the proper moment .. Yet 1 do not think be would have ventured to exert his prerogative so soon , if certain friends of liberty all over the country ,
had not opposed their old friends , and made an outcry against them for not attempting impossibilities . And even now , when they have so very honourably resigned their post , they still continue to
abuse them , to the great delight of all the new ministry and their friends . The Times of to-day begins to be afraid of peace : still I cry nothing but peace can save us , and even that may come too late . "
Again , on the 10 th of June , she observed , " As for the new ministry , it is so much for the nking ' s interest to keep them y and their own interest to keep in ,
thajt 1 fear it will not be very easy to rout them * And then you- know , we are taught by all the violent friends of liberty , that the last ministry did nothing butt deceive the people , and that both parties are equally bad . Some peoboth parties are equally bad . borne
people seem to wish tor a new party : ~~ but where a * c we to get them ? Who can point put to u > where those wonderworking mem are % o be found , who can do the work of thirty year * in a single session ? Rome was actt built in a day ;
nor can our state be repahed perhaps lew time : than ^ hat w » sir | . biujding But I never despair : peace and patience , wifidomarid honesty , and a reform will smw ^^ c ^ mr ^ Pi ^^^^ i wtid live * the lonfecat Witt see the most .
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Q 66 Memoirs of Mrs . Jebb .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1812, page 666, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1754/page/6/
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