Excerpt from A Parallel: Drawn Between the Administration in the Four Last Years of Queen Anne, and the Four First of George the Third TH E prefent critical fitua tionof our halianal affairs, calls aloud fox: the afiifiance of e Ve-ry ltru'eulover of his Country, as far-as hisl'knowledge and abili ties extend. He Author of this fiittle Work'vfolemnly declares, be fore he begins to draw his Parallel, that he belongs to none of thofe Partiesand Fae'tions that at prefent had almofl faid, ruin the Kingdom. The Gang/e of thefe 'contentions is obvious enough to B every 6 every man of common underfland ing. Self-interqfi, and a defign to thruf't them - (elves into places of power and profit, without the leaft regard to the welfare of the King dom, has frequently been the uh happy caufe of thefe calamities. The Author from his heart abhors and detefis fuch prmcrples, fuch a total lofs of true Honourand Pa triotifm, which mull end, if not fpeedily check'd, in'the utter fub verfion of'all Government. He loves his King and Country, and therefore 'thinks he has an equal right with others, to throw in his mite for the fervice of both. Pro. 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.