Whether James had been a tyrant or had been the father of his people was quite immaterial.

If he had won the battle of the Boyne we should have been bound as Christians to be his slaves.

He had lost it; and we were bound as Christians to be his foes.
Other Whigs congratulated the proselyte on having come, by whatever road, to a right practical conclusion, but could not refrain from sneering at the history which he gave of his conversion.

He was, they said, a man of eminent learning and abilities.

He had studied the question of allegiance long and deeply.