An historical account of the advantages that have accrued to England by the succession in the illustrious House of Honover sicPart I . THE ADVANTAGES IN THE Illuftrious Houfe of Hanover. H E Defign of thefe Papers is to givefome further Account of that Familywhich now reigns over us, and oftheir feveral Projedts and Contrivan-ces, in order to aggrandize them-felves, and raife their Fortunes to fuch a Height,as none of their Anceftors (who were no more than,petty Princes of the Empire) had any Hopes orProfped of. Indeed, when Men endeavour to advance theirFortune or Honour, byjuft and laudable
An historical account of the advantages that have accrued to England by the succession in the illustrious House of Honover sicPart I . THE ADVANTAGES IN THE Illuftrious Houfe of Hanover. H E Defign of thefe Papers is to givefome further Account of that Familywhich now reigns over us, and oftheir feveral Projedts and Contrivan-ces, in order to aggrandize them-felves, and raife their Fortunes to fuch a Height,as none of their Anceftors (who were no more than,petty Princes of the Empire) had any Hopes orProfped of. Indeed, when Men endeavour to advance theirFortune or Honour, byjuft and laudable Means,they deferve the Praife and Approbation of allMen ; but when every Virtue is facrificed, to feedAmbition, and no Stone is left unturnd, in orderto that End, we can do no otherwife than lookupon fuch Defigns with the fame Contempt andIndignation, as v/e would do upon thofe ofpublickRobbers, and common Difturbers of Mankind. A 2 It (4) It Is a Piece of Juflice which every Writer muftcomply with, who will attempt to give an Accountof the Hanoverian Family, if he is tfiie to theLaws of Hiilory, and particularly to that Rulelaid down by Cicero in my Title Page, to repre-fent the
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