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his father added seventy millions to the national 

 debt. The duke of Richilfcnd raises from the city 

 of London an annual revenue, said to be twenty 

 thousand pounds, because he is descended from tlie 

 natural son of a criminal *, who deserved an hun- 

 dred times over to have been flogged out of human 

 society. 



Whatever were the merits of the peace of Utrecht, 

 it gave the utmost offence to George i. The duke 

 of Ormond, and Lord Bolingbroke, were compelled to 

 fly their country, and Harley, earl of Oxford, among 

 others, was arrested and sent to the tower, though 

 he was at that time so much indisposed by the gra- 

 vel, that Dr Mead declared his removal Was at the 

 hazard of his life. He was confined for two years, 

 and at last dismifsed v/ithout a trial. The illustri- 

 ous family of Ormond was finally ruined. The 

 conduct of what was called the whig party, at this 

 period was such, as might have been expected from 

 a horde of Tartars. Such plain language cannot be 

 employed by an historian like Smoliet, writing for a 

 sum of money ; and whose bulky production, to en- 

 sure a sale, must be in some measure adapted to the 

 vices of tlie public ; but the facts here stated arc 

 unquestionably true, and truth, while it requires no 

 tendernefs of investigation, disdains all subterfuges. 



From this time forward, during many years, our 

 histbry presents a tiresome, uniform, and disgusting 

 scene. On account of our connection with Hanover, 

 we engaged in a variety of absurd and expensive al- 

 liances with different nations on the continent ; and 



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