The Historical And the Posthumous Memoirs ..., volume 4; volumes 1772-1784
The Historical And the Posthumous Memoirs ..., volume 4; volumes 1772-1784
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, Henry Benjamin Wheatley
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There was, nevertheless, in the citation from Shake- speare applied to Dundas an application so close and felicitous as it would be difficult to parallel. His Christian name was not only Henry, but in general his acquaintances, when speaking of him in familiar conversation, called him Harry Dundas. Fox having panegyrised Burke s beautiful effusion as a masterpiece of eloquence and of reason, adding that " it must be answered, and that he felt anxious to hear how Ministers would repel its force,..." Pitt came forward. After justifying his own line of con- duct and that of Dundas, "With respect to the arguments," continued he, " of which mention has Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF MY OWN TIME. 283 been made, I cannot pretend to say that I did not hear them, the manner and elevation of voice in which they were delivered rendering that circum- stance impossible. But I confess that I do not sufficiently comprehend how they bear upon the question now before the committee, so as to make them any appropriate answer." When, however, the clause empowering the Governor- General, in cases of great emergency, to act without the con- currence of the Supreme Council, came to be de- bated, Dundas, far from evading its discussion, en- tered fully on its justification.
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