Walpole by John Morley ~ Full Audiobook [biography]
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The Disadvantages of the Steward Line
Tori and wig all represented genuine divisions of principle in our government. Men of easy temper attached to peace and order would lean toward monarchy while bolder spirits passionately devoted to liberty would value the republican part of our mixed scheme abstract principles never bring us to sufficiently close quarters in politics. Many of the tori's he says would rejoice to see the pretender restored by a french power much more if by any safer means. If ever he should declare himself Protestant with proper circumstances to make his conversion probable it is not unlikely he may do they would greedily swallow the cheat.
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