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THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
LEIGH HUNT.
VOL. II.
.
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
1850.
1875, March 22. Bequest of James Walker, D.D., L. L.D (H. 2.1814)
President of Harr. Univ.
Establishment of the Examiner.-Albany Fonblanque.-Author's
mistakes in setting out in his editorial career.-Objects of the
Examiner, and misrepresentations of them by the Tories.--Jeu-
d'esprit of "Napoleon in his Cabinet."-" Breakfast Sympathies
with the Miseries of War."-War dispassionately considered.—
Anti-Republicanism of the Examiner, and its views in theology.
-The Author for some time a clerk in the War Office.-His
patron, Mr. Addington, afterwards Lord Sidmouth.-Poetry and
Accounts.
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CHAPTER X.
LITERARY ACQUAINTANCE.
Du Bois.-Campbell.-Theodore Hook.- Matthews. -James and
Horace Smith.-Fuseli.-Bonnycastle.-Kinnaird, &c.
....
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CHAPTER XI.
POLITICAL CHARACTERS.
Ministry of the Pittites. Time-serving conduct of the Allies.
Height and downfall of Napoleon.-Character of George the Third.