Note 230 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 3)
Reading edition
‘His tenacity about the uti possidetis, and his frequent recurrence to that phrase, led Napoleon to reproach him with an adherence to “des formules Latines,” which to those well acquainted with the nature of Lauderdale’s acquirements in classical phraseology was diverting enough.’ (Memoirs of the Whig Party).