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Sanction upon the other subjects you mention
such as Colony holding, the Invasion
of Holland, the Swedish Declaration, &
the Turkish War, of which I am afraid
it is too true that we had the merit of
contriving — no Wonder that the whole Island
from the Land's End to the Orkneys
should join in tormenting the Event,
which has 'd such a Progress
of Glory — I was at a loss where I
took up my Ideas in opposition to the
general Sense, but I now find the Fountain,
and am confirm'd in them in
consequence, but I cannot help thinking
that you do not give a very good reason
for turning Republican, when you say
that the two Republican Parties the
Foxites and the Pittites join only in what
is unjust unprincipl'd and Impolitick —
Seeing this happen as I have done
upon other questions, namely the East
Indies, where they only join'd in covering
every Villain and prosecuting the only
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"William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne" |
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