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<p>his efforts with success, the small remains of liberty<lb/> | |||
have been completely crushed: the power of the<lb/> | |||
purse seized, new and heavy taxes imposed, the <lb/> | |||
country reposed to the inroads of a superior and<lb/> | |||
justly exasperated enemy, and now the nation is “<hi rend="underline">rising in importance</hi>.” The profound and virtuous<lb/> | |||
politicians, of whom the composition I am reviewing<lb/> | |||
is intended as a defence, have for about these<lb/> | |||
two years been labouring to rescue this country<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">from insignificance</hi>, to <hi rend="underline">raise it in importance in</hi><lb/> the same way, and these efforts seem to be on the<lb/> | |||
point of being crowned in the same manner.<lb/> | |||
The nation, constantly and laudably vigilant against<lb/> | |||
domestic mismanagement, has been too inattentive<lb/> | |||
to the mischiefs which may befall her from ill<lb/> | |||
founded plans of foreign politics, and the misbehaviour<lb/> | |||
of her servants towards foreign powers. Pushed<lb/> | |||
on by injustice and false policy to the brink of war<lb/> | |||
and unfathomable taxation, it is time, if it be not<lb/> | |||
too late, to open her eyes. With impatience, mingled<lb/> | |||
with surprise, I have long been waiting for a less<lb/> | |||
incompetent historian to step forward and undertake<lb/> | |||
the thankless office. Sad necessity alone could<lb/> | |||
have dragged me from more smiling prospects<lb/> | |||
to this gloomy scene; but the same necessity if<lb/> | |||
if continue, will endure my perseverance.</p> | |||
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his efforts with success, the small remains of liberty
have been completely crushed: the power of the
purse seized, new and heavy taxes imposed, the
country reposed to the inroads of a superior and
justly exasperated enemy, and now the nation is “rising in importance.” The profound and virtuous
politicians, of whom the composition I am reviewing
is intended as a defence, have for about these
two years been labouring to rescue this country
from insignificance, to raise it in importance in
the same way, and these efforts seem to be on the
point of being crowned in the same manner.
The nation, constantly and laudably vigilant against
domestic mismanagement, has been too inattentive
to the mischiefs which may befall her from ill
founded plans of foreign politics, and the misbehaviour
of her servants towards foreign powers. Pushed
on by injustice and false policy to the brink of war
and unfathomable taxation, it is time, if it be not
too late, to open her eyes. With impatience, mingled
with surprise, I have long been waiting for a less
incompetent historian to step forward and undertake
the thankless office. Sad necessity alone could
have dragged me from more smiling prospects
to this gloomy scene; but the same necessity if
if continue, will endure my perseverance.
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