Chapter 1900 of 1964 · 54 words · ~1 min read

LXXII.

A friend to Freedom and freeholders--yet No less a friend to Government--he held, That he exactly the just medium hit Twixt Place and Patriotism--albeit compelled, Such was his Sovereign's pleasure, (though unfit, He added modestly, when rebels railed,) To hold some sinecures he wished abolished, But that with them all Law would be demolished.