December 14th, 15th, 16th, 1813

Much done, but nothing to record. It is quite enough to set down my thoughts,—my actions will rarely bear retrospection.

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December 17th, 18th, 1813

Lord Holland told me a curious piece of sentimentality in Sheridan. The other night we were all delivering our respective and various opinions on him and other

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, and mine was this:—"Whatever Sheridan has done or chosen to do has been,

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