...the evening there again, until near eleven. Strachey is as artful and insinuating a man as they cquld send ; he pushes and presses every point as far as...go ; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit. Tuesday, November 5th. Mr Jay told me our allies did not play fair. They were endeavoring to deprive...

...from eleven to three, at Mr. Oswald's, Mr. Jay and I — in the evening there again until near eleven. Strachey is as artful and insinuating a man as they...presses every point as far as it can possibly go ; he is the most eager, earnest, pointed spirit. We agreed last night to this : Whereas certain of the United...

...from the Hague to assist in the negotiation. The latter thus describes him : ' Strachey,' he says, ' is as artful and insinuating a man as they could send...presses every point as far as it can possibly go; he is the most eager, earnest, pointed spirit.'1 But Adams evidently thought his own colleagues a full...

...from eleven till three, at Mr. Oswald's, Mr. Jay and I. In the evening there again, until near eleven. Strachey is as artful and insinuating a man as they could send ; he pushes and presses evefy point as far as it can possibly go; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit. Tuesday, November...

...power to coerce the 1 Strachey had won an acknowledgment from both sides for his persistent energy. " He pushes and presses every point as far as it can possibly go. He is the most eager, earnest, pointed spirit," Adams wrote in his diary. " He has enforced our pretensions...

...from eleven till throe, at Mr. Oswald's, Mr. Jay and 1. In the evening there again, until near eleven. Strachey is as artful and insinuating a man as they could send. Ho pushes and presses every point as far as it can possibly go. I lo has a most eager, earnest, pointed...

...artful and insinuating a man as they could possibly send ; he pushes and presses every point as far it can possibly go ; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit." But the rivalry or hostility between Fox and Shelburne may have had something to do with the double...

...artful and insinuating a man as they could possibly send; he pushes and presses every point as far it can possibly go; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit." But the rivalry or hostility between Fox and Shelburne may have had something to do with the double...

...Strachey was not so pliant as Oswald seems to have been. He is " artful and insinuating," wrote Adams. " He pushes and presses every point as far as it can possibly go; he is the most eager, earnest, pointed. spirit." * In spite of strong objections and many difficulties...

...Our own commissioners feared while they respected him, and John Adams wrote of him in his diary, " He pushes and presses every point as far as it can...go; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit." This was the first baronet of his line, but the real dignity and honor of the house has been that of...