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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

CHAPTER XXI
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Can we think it strange that our difficulties should have been great, when we consider the power, the dexterity, the experience of him who was secretly thwarting us?
It is time for us to prove signally to the world that it is impossible for any criminal to double so cunningly that we cannot track him, or to climb so high that we cannot reach him.

Never was there a more flagitious instance of corruption.

Never was there an offender who had less claim to indulgence.

The obligations which the Duke of Leeds has to his country are of no common kind.

One great debt we generously cancelled; but the manner in which our generosity has been requited forces us to remember that he was long ago impeached for receiving money from France.


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