The French were universally denounced as fiends upon earth.

It was hardly safe for a Frenchman to appear in the streets of London.

Placards were posted on every wall, calling for war, and the crowds who gathered round them read them with loud hurrahs.
* * * * * It would be a great mistake to say that Pitt ever lost his head, but he lost his feet.

The momentary passion of the nation forced him out of the pacific path in which he would have chosen to stay.

Burke had become the greatest power in the country, and was in closer communication with the ministers than any one out of office.