try.
tion of them was what

The honeft Inten

fi:ft recommended me to
your Lordship's Friend-
fhip, and I hope you
will forgive me that I
cannot conceal a Cir-
cumstance so advantage-
ous to the Fame of them,
as that of your Lord-
fhip's Approbation.
The painful Struggle
under fo great a Difficul-
ty, as explaining with a
Ministry in openContra-
diction, to their Proceed-

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thefe are fuch Supports as will keep a Man from languishing in Difcontent, fhould He, amidst the Profperities of the

Cause he has endeavoured to serve, live to find Zeal for the Publick, of all Humane Virtues, the most exposed to the cool comfort

comfort of being its own Reward; and that which was undertaken against the Inclinations to Mirth and Pleasure, out of a fense of Duty and Honour, to have little other Effect, than to become a Man's Characteristick, and by that Means to give a turbulent Air to all his other Pretenfions, and even to fink the Agreeableness of the Friend and Companion,by the Appearance of fome

fomewhat fuppos'd to be demanding in the Patriot. But why do I mention these things here? All the World is Witness that it hath been your Lordfhip's early Inclination to find out and encourage the Lovers of yourCountry, to comfort them under the Neglect of their Friends, and fupport them against the Refentment of their Enemies.

Your Lordship is produced by Providence, in

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an ample and flowing Fortune, to make a Stand for Honesty, and to preferve the Names of Virtue and Honour from Oblivion. Whoever has exerted himself for the Publick, is at your House a Friend and a Benefactor: Diftinctions are, there, made by the Rule of Reason and Juftice; a young and noble Heart, generously difpofed by Nature, and fortified by Letters, can

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