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NHG-P.759.040
9 Nov 1759:11,12 (162)
Continued from our last of November. My eight, and last
reason, for removing Mr. S----y P--t from his M-----y's
presence and councils for ever, is, because he is an Honest
Man.
. . . [74 lines, discussing William Pitt] Such is the
candid language of Mr. P--t's opposers; and the effects of
raising him so unseasonably to power, are already but too
apparent. Not many months ago, patriotism and public virtue
were quite exploded. Experience had taught the nation that
those were only ideal qualities that had no existence in
nature. None but odd fellows ever so much as named them,
except in derision: and all men of sense publickly owned
that private interest was their sole pursuit. But of late
our coffee house conversation is set to a new tune, and
disinterestedness, and the love of our country, is the
burden of the song. . . [166 lines] Coleman Street, Jan
1759. Tacit O.M.
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