Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . ssal of so able and faithful a public servant at socritical a juncture. But the Ministerialists met this appealby denouncing in the Free Briton the indecency of callingthe King to account for his dealings with regard to hisown servants, and upbraided the Earl with his ingratitudefor the many marks of royal favour which he had to the recognized code of public morality atthe time, this rejoinder was unanswerable. Chesterfieldhaving receive
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . ssal of so able and faithful a public servant at socritical a juncture. But the Ministerialists met this appealby denouncing in the Free Briton the indecency of callingthe King to account for his dealings with regard to hisown servants, and upbraided the Earl with his ingratitudefor the many marks of royal favour which he had to the recognized code of public morality atthe time, this rejoinder was unanswerable. Chesterfieldhaving received wages from the Government, was, in mostpeoples opinion, bound not to work against them; andif the Free Briton had stopped there, it would have doneits employer better service, but the incautious scribe dis-played too much zeal, and by doing so laid it open todiscomfiture. He went on to speculate that some mis-behaviour or error might have necessitated His Majestyto remove one whom he had so particularly distinguished;and even hinted that if the authority of the House of Lordsand the fear of an action for scandaluni magnatum did not. /Imnoni iiiixi .1. ra>iha,;kr>t S, !,/,/•/. (,)LIii:N CAROLINE1736
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