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cations. If what is annexed, is held to merit public 

 attention, I maj be induced to methodife my materials, 

 and fend you the work completed. At prefent I tranf- 

 mit you the abridged charafters of a few eminent ftatfff- 

 men, as a fpecimen of my manner and ftile. 



I am, Sir, Your Servant, T. R. 



Sir Robert Walpole. 



Sir Robert Walpole had a great fluency and 

 readinefs of language, though deftitute of nervofity or 

 elegance. He polTeffed a certain eafinefs of foul and 

 calloufnefs of fentiment, which made him proof againfk 

 all attacks, and raifed him fuperior to every embarralT- 

 ment. By an unwearied attention to figures and cal- 

 culation, he had acquired a little knowledge in the 

 fubje£l of finance. The maxim which he uniformly 

 purfued, and fhamefully avowed, was, that every man 

 had his price. He ridiculed the very ideas of patriot- 

 ifm and public fpirit, thought felf-intereft the wifeil 

 principle by which a man could be aftuated, and bribe- 

 ry, the moft elevated and compreheufive fyftem, that 

 ever entered into the human mind. 

 Lord Carteret. 



This ftatefman was polTeffed of the fineft abilites, the 

 moft elegant tafte, the moft fplendid eloquence : All the 

 treafures of polite literature were his own, and he perfect- 

 ly underftood the interefts and the politics of every 

 court in Europe. Had his integrity kept pace with his ta- 

 lents, he was formed to be the brighteft ornament of 

 the court in which he lived. His patronage might 

 have given new vigour to the republic of letters, and 

 his political Ikill, new luftre to the annals of Britain. 



T. R, 



