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A letter from Ralph Anderson, Esq. [pseud.] to Sir John Sinclair, bart; on the necessity of an instant change of ministry, and an immediate peace in ... revive public and private credit, and to save - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1797 edition. Excerpt: ...invited, been, indeed, duely compacted into one body; had it been animated by fome one great foul fitted, like a Marl-borough, borough, to give one undivided defign and direction to all its movements; had its different members besn capable of'riling to that elevation of political virtue from which their views, their hopes, their.wifhes mould have been turned upon nought bat the general good of Europe and of mankind; had they been capable of due fortitude in occafion-al adverfity, of becoming moderation in fuccefs: it would have been as impoffible for them to fail of the accompli/hment of whatever they could reafonably and jufUy defire in refpect to France,.as for weaknefs to crum ftrength, as for cowardice to triumph over valour, as for fatuity to over, jeach genius and wifdom. Long, long before the military fire, the wealth, 'or the loyalty of Britons could have been exhaufted; even a moderate exertion of military and political talents might be expected to accomplim all that was to be defired in the prefent war-Our national ability for war was-not great; but, it was fully adequate to all the ex--ertions required of it. If the war, as I hope I have irrefragably proved, was not unjuft nor un-jieceffary; neither was the Britifh nation in cir-cumftances rendering it impoflible for them to o-bey the dictates of reafon and common-policy, and ialie up arras... IV. The Epicure, when his palled and languid appetite is unable to relifh the dainties that overload load his table, is fometimes heard to exclaim with a vulgarity of language, befitting his undemanding and his habits of life;--God fends meat; but the Devil Jends us cooks /--Comparing the caufes upon which we engaged in the prefent war, and the means which, as a nation, we pofieffed to enfure us...
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