The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . were as far as ever from being bound together by , just after the battle of Beachy Head, our countrymen had seemeddisposed to be just: but a violent reaction had speedily a: - o I -Iu 2 § : £o :,:o HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xvm Torrini^ton, who deserved to be shot, became a popular favourite; andthe aUics whom he liad shamefiill) abandoned were accused of persecut-ing him without a cause. The partiaHty shown by the King to thecompanions of his )-outh was the favourite theme of the sowers ofsedition. The mo
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . were as far as ever from being bound together by , just after the battle of Beachy Head, our countrymen had seemeddisposed to be just: but a violent reaction had speedily a: - o I -Iu 2 § : £o :,:o HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xvm Torrini^ton, who deserved to be shot, became a popular favourite; andthe aUics whom he liad shamefiill) abandoned were accused of persecut-ing him without a cause. The partiaHty shown by the King to thecompanions of his )-outh was the favourite theme of the sowers ofsedition. The most hicrative posts in his household, it was .said, wereheld b\ Dutchmen: the House of Lords was fast filling with Dutch-men : the finest manors of the Crown were given to Dutchmen : thearm\- was commanded by Dutchmen. That it would have been wise inWilliam to exhibit somewhat less obtrusively his laudable fondness forhis native countr}-, and to remunerate his early friends somewhat moresparingK-, is perfectly true. But it will not be easy to prove that, onan\- important occasion during his whole reign, he sacrificed the interestsof our island to the interests of the United Provinces. The English,however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealousy
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