In general my intimacies have been with my seniors; but Lord Kerry is really quite a favourite of mine,--kind, lively, intelligent, modest, with the gentle manners which indicate a long intimacy with the best society, and yet without the least affectation.
We have oceans of beer, and mountains of potatoes, for dinner.

Indeed, Lady Lansdowne drank beer most heartily on the only day which she passed with us, and, when I told her laughing that she set me at ease on a point which had given me much trouble, she said that she would never suffer any dandy novelist to rob her of her beer or her cheese.
The question between law and politics is a momentous one.

As far as I am myself concerned, I should not hesitate; but the interest of my family is also to be considered.

We shall see, however, before long what my chance of success as a public man may prove to be.

At present it would clearly be wrong in me to show any disposition to quit my profession.
I hope that you will be on your guard as to what you may say to Brougham about this business.