HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
had, during the late contest with 
France, swelled the note of Bri- 
tish glory, to the highest pitch ; 
and which had resounded from the 
capital of the Mysoreto the western 
limits of Europe, was completely 
dismantled ; and of whose wreck it 
seemed hopeless even to attempt 
the reparation. As however the 
_ @Xigency of some mode of national 
' defence, was not disputed by any, 
neither was there any decided op- 
| position to the present measure, 
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As the live hedge, which had inclosed 
in verdure, strength, and beauty, 
the public domain, had been pluck- 
ed up improvidently, by the un- 
skilful hands, in whose guardian- 
ship it had been placed; so, when 
the spoiler threatened to break in, 
and rayage its fertile plains, brush- 
wood and faggots were despairingly 
resorted to, as the only, though 
confessedly inadequate, substityx 
tion, 
