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Excerpt from A Letter Addressed to a Retired Gentleman, on the Spirit of the New Ministry and the Spirit of the Age
You observe, Sir, that the ascendant of Mr. Canning has produced effects partaking of the miraculous. The transformation of a country baronet, from the representative of his brother boo' j; to be the mouth-piece of opposition in the? House of Commons, is indeed not quite so violent a departure from the order of nature as the human speech of the prophet's ass - but it was quite as unthought of. I trust I may, With out levity, add the hope that these strange signs are in favour of the Minister and if the possessed or preternatural baronet should continue to speak curses, the augury will be made out in the good word of the people. 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.
