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NHG-E.776.003
6 Jul 1776:42 (1/8)
London, March 21, 1776. In the debate, which arose in the
Committee of Supply last Monday night, . . . the death of
the gallant General Montgomery was lamented in strains of
the most pathetic eloquence that ever was heard in the House
of Commons. . . [12 lines]
Lord North censured the unqualified liberality of the
praises bestowed on General Montgomery by the gentlemen of
the opposition, because they were bestowed upon a Rebel; . .
. but still he was only a brave, able, humane, and generous
Rebel; and said, that the verse of the Tragedy of Cato might
be applied to him, "Curse on his virtues, they've undone his
country." . . . [8 paragraphs on the debate]
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