Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe Chapter XIV. Last Parliament of Queen Anne. - Threatening Aspect of Public Affairs. - Prosperous Situation of the Jacobites. - Measures concerted by the Whigs. - Hostile Attitude of Political Parties. - Plot between the Queen and the French King in favour of the Pretender. - Oxford´s Intrigues to Defeat it. - Whether the Ministers were concerned in it. - Estimate of Lord Oxford´s Political Character. - Character and Con duct of Bolingbroke. - Strength of Political Parties. - The Tories Disaffected to the Hanover Succession. - They are Supported by the Clergy. - Who make Rapid Strides to Popery. - Letter to the Dissenters. - Ascribed to De Foe. - Remarks upon it by Oldmixon. - Another Reply. - Bill to Prevent the Growth of Schism. - Its Nature and Character. - Hypocrisy of its Promoters. - Lord Wharton´s Reproof to Bolingbroke. - Arguments against the Bill. - Cautious Con duct of the Lord Treasurer. - It passes both Houses. - And Receives the Royal Assent. - Remarks upon the Measure. - Publications against it. - De Foe publishes "The Remedy Worse than the Disease". - Argument of his Pamphlet. - Parliament Prorogued. - Discords in the Cabinet. - Intrigues of Bolingbroke and Oxford. - The Treasurer Dismissed. - Anarchy in the Government. - The Duke of Shrewsbury made Treasurer. - Rage of Bolingbroke and Atterbury. - The Queen Dies. - Her Private Character. - Aspect of her Reign. Chapter XV. Accession of George I. - Inactivity of the Pretender. - Sub version of the Tories. - Coronation, and Riots. - Exasperated Feelings of Political Parties. - De Foes Treatment by the Whigs. - His Claims to Favour. - Disregarded by the new Government, - Complains of his hard Measure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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