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 ¬I remained till it was near morning, and as the conversation became warm upon the in- teresting subject of Armatan freedom — I almost thought I heard the majestic commanding voice of Grey, enlightening our minds and compelling our conviction — the clear and ner- vous persuasion of Lansdowne— the dexterous pith and keen argumentative wit of Tierney — the comprehensive and splendid energy of Brougham — the pure and learned eloquence of Mackintosh — and all Scotland personified in the able, acute, powerful, unrelenting de- mand of Lauderdale upon our well-earned assent to what he saitl. — Nor can I thus call to mind a scene both as to time and place so distant, •without reflecting upon the Pleasures of Me- mory and the delightful talents of the author. ¬When I afterwards visited the public places for conversation and dancing, all my objections to their mistaken notions of amusement were confirmed. — Some of them, by a well-regulated ¬selection, ¬