The Age of Elegance
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"It is impossible," wrote the conservative Castlereagh, "not to perceive a great moral change coming on in Europe, and that the principles of freedom are in full operation." It was only his fear that the transition might be too sudden to ripen as yet "into anything likely to make the world better or happier," that caused him to mark time and align himself with the static Metternich. It was the essence of his country's politics that he could not commit her for long to such a policy. Already in Pa...rliament and in the clubs and newspapers, English voices, though still only in a minority, were being raised in passionate protest against the settlement he had made. "Here we are," wrote Lord Byron, "retrograding to the full, stupid old system—balance of Europe—posing straws upon Kings' noses, instead of wringing them off." To him, as to other young Englishmen, the rulers of Austria, Russia and Prussia were "three stupid, legitimate old-dynasty boobies of regular-bred Sovereigns."1 Within a week of the Polish settlement the Leader of the Opposition was demanding that the Government should be arraigned for "public brigandage," while Sheridan, rousing himself from his vinous declension to the grave, spoke of crowned scoundrels cutting up Europe like carcass-butchers and England's conscience being silenced by the dirty bribe of a crown for Hanover.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"It is impossible," wrote the conservative Castlereagh, "not to perceive a great moral change coming on in Europe, and that the principles of freedom are in full operation." It was only his fear that the transition might be too sudden to ripen as yet "into anything likely to make the world better or happier," that caused him to mark time and align himself with the static Metternich. It was the essence of his country's politics that he could not commit her for long to such a policy. Already in Pa...rliament and in the clubs and newspapers, English voices, though still only in a minority, were being raised in passionate protest against the settlement he had made. "Here we are," wrote Lord Byron, "retrograding to the full, stupid old system—balance of Europe—posing straws upon Kings' noses, instead of wringing them off." To him, as to other young Englishmen, the rulers of Austria, Russia and Prussia were "three stupid, legitimate old-dynasty boobies of regular-bred Sovereigns."1 Within a week of the Polish settlement the Leader of the Opposition was demanding that the Government should be arraigned for "public brigandage," while Sheridan, rousing himself from his vinous declension to the grave, spoke of crowned scoundrels cutting up Europe like carcass-butchers and England's conscience being silenced by the dirty bribe of a crown for Hanover.
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