The North Briton on Peace, Bridge Funds, and Public Contempt
A writer denounces concessive peace as ignominious and condemns the City of London for failing to address a bridge funding agreement. He claims 14,000 pounds offered privately was rejected and condemns ministers and those who flattered them. He predicts future shame for the author of these policies.
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London
Gloucefershire
Inherited Virtues and Tyranny in Historical Lines
A 1763 letter comments on hereditary virtue and vice, noting that families claim glory through ancestors. It contrasts Brunswians and Austrians with the Brunswies line and the Stuarts, arguing liberty and courage define nations while tyranny and cowardice mark oppressors. The piece critiques hereditary rights and defends civil and religious rights amid European power struggles.
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Brutus
Rome
Caar
Lucius Furius Brutus
Imperial House of
Austria
Brunswie
House of Stuart
Scotland
England
Baple
Rivet
David Blondell