England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . CARDINAL LACHESIS another, entitled The Parcse; or, the European Fates,the intriguing cardinal is represented under the cha- 192 DECLINE OF WALPOLES POWER. [ KING ATROPOS. racter of Lacliesis, spinning the web of Europeanpolitics, on a wheel which bears the title of Univer-sal Monarchy; while KingGeorge, as Atropos, is cut-ting the thread. It was in the midst ofthis hurly-burly abroad, thatWalpoles power was atlength broken. The minis-ter had lost much strengthin the elections of 1741,
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . CARDINAL LACHESIS another, entitled The Parcse; or, the European Fates,the intriguing cardinal is represented under the cha- 192 DECLINE OF WALPOLES POWER. [ KING ATROPOS. racter of Lacliesis, spinning the web of Europeanpolitics, on a wheel which bears the title of Univer-sal Monarchy; while KingGeorge, as Atropos, is cut-ting the thread. It was in the midst ofthis hurly-burly abroad, thatWalpoles power was atlength broken. The minis-ter had lost much strengthin the elections of 1741,chiefly in Scotland and Corn-wall; and in one way or otherthe oppositionhad succeededin making him before the session ofParliament was opened, theopposition papers spoke with more than ordinary con-fidence of success, and they became proportionallyviolent in their personal attacks. The mob was en-couraged, as they had been at the commencement ofthe reign of George I., to shew themselves on everyfavourable occasion. On the 12th of NovemberHorace Walpole writes, It is Admiral Vernonsbirthday, and the city shops are full of favours, thestreets of marrow-bones and cleavers, and the nightwill be full of mobbing, bonfires, and lights; and headds in a
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