Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . Nobility; your Breaft [ ix ]Breafl burns with the Emuktionof other Honours, than what arederivd from vaft Eftates, and aJPomp of Titles. You think likeCATO, that a Nobleman oughtnot to be a private Man, Non Si-htj fed Vatria natiis. BUT I am ftepping into aCharacter, which They, who donot know Your Graces Virtues,will think Flattery: and they, whoenvy them, will hate foreciipfingtheir own. I was almoft goingto wilh, that Your Grace maycontinue the Hatred of th
Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . Nobility; your Breaft [ ix ]Breafl burns with the Emuktionof other Honours, than what arederivd from vaft Eftates, and aJPomp of Titles. You think likeCATO, that a Nobleman oughtnot to be a private Man, Non Si-htj fed Vatria natiis. BUT I am ftepping into aCharacter, which They, who donot know Your Graces Virtues,will think Flattery: and they, whoenvy them, will hate foreciipfingtheir own. I was almoft goingto wilh, that Your Grace maycontinue the Hatred of the Latter,who rnake fach a defpicable Fi-gure in Greatnefs; that is, thatyou may ihine out ftill in fullLuftre, and animate thofe to fuchreal Grandeur by your bright Ex- a ampley [x] •ample, that every Nobleman ofEngland may be a Patriot for hisCountry: That the Intereft andHonour of the Publick may befo much their Concern, that Self-Intereft and fordid Views maynot dare to Ihew themfelves in thatIlluftriousBody. I am, with themoft profound Refped, My Lord, Your Graces mofi Devoted and Obedient Humble Servant^ Britannicus. [xi]. THE
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