The consequence was that he did what Mordaunt, with all his vivacity and invention, or Burnet, with all his multifarious knowledge and fluent elocution never could have done.

[415] With the old Whigs there could be no difficulty.

In their opinion there had been scarcely a moment, during many years, at which the public wrongs would not have justified resistance.

Devonshire, who might be regarded as their chief, had private as well as public wrongs to revenge.

He went into the scheme with his whole heart, and answered for his party.