The letters and works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; . he envy of having such apost ? especially when he has already the places oftwo Paymasters, and a place for his uncle, thougha Tory. If he is to be in it {the treasury), is it reasonablehe should make all the rest ? The Commissioners of the Treasury have com-monly been all men of great figure, and indepen-dent of one another, chose by the Kings favour. If the list of the Commissioners of the Treasuryin King Williams time be looked over, it is plainhe chose men not likely to be of the same opinion ;in King Charless time it was plainly so too.
The letters and works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; . he envy of having such apost ? especially when he has already the places oftwo Paymasters, and a place for his uncle, thougha Tory. If he is to be in it {the treasury), is it reasonablehe should make all the rest ? The Commissioners of the Treasury have com-monly been all men of great figure, and indepen-dent of one another, chose by the Kings favour. If the list of the Commissioners of the Treasuryin King Williams time be looked over, it is plainhe chose men not likely to be of the same opinion ;in King Charless time it was plainly so too. My Lord Oxford was the first commissionerthat chose all his brethren, and it is plain what wasthe ill consequence of giving him so uncontrolleda power. AT THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE I. 133 If there be one or two in the commission whoare not of Mr. Walpoles choosing, they cannothinder any of his projects, so that they can do noharm ; and can do no good but to inform the Kingof his affairs. This is what Mr. Walpole will en-deavour to prevent all he -NtrRA-iTEiJ BT-W: GET i-- r>-H 1. ?iRfse. LETTERS WRITTEN BEFORE THE YEAR1717. LETTERS WRITTEN BEFORE THE YEAR 1717. TO MRS. WORTLEY. May 2, 1707. I HOPE, my dear Mrs. Wortley, that you are sojust to me, to believe I could not leave the townwithout seeing you ; but very much against myown inclination, I am now at Thorsby. Our journeyhas been very bad; but in my opinion, the worstpart of it was—going from you. I hope you in-tend to be kinder to me this summer, than youwere the last. There needs nothing to keep up theremembrance of you in my heart; but, I would notthink of you, and think you forget me. Farewell,my dear. My letter should be longer, if it werepossible to make it so without repetition; but I havealready told you I love you, and implored you notto forget me, which (as I hope to breathe) is all I have to say. M. P. TO LADY Having (like other undeserving people) a vastopinion of my own merits, and some
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