England, at that time a silent Country in comparison, knew not well what to do; took to offering him Freedoms of Corporations in very great quantity.

Town after Town, from all the four winds, sympathetically firing off, upon a misguided Sacred Majesty, its little Box, in this oblique way, with extraordinary diligence.

Whereby, after six months bombardment by Boxes, and also by Events, JUNE 29th, 1757"-- We will expect June 29th.

[Thackeray, i.

231, 264; Almon, _Anecdotes of Pitt_ (London, 1810), i.