Excerpt from A Survey of the Strength and Opulence of Great Britain: Wherein Is Shewn, the Progress of Its Commerce, Agriculture, Population, &C. Before and Since the Accession of the House of Hanover Honour honour and fncccfi of my country. To thefe alonothcrcforc I devote my diligence free from the chains of power, and defpifing to do Obeifitnce to the Baals of popularity. Had the fpirit of independent truth guided and animated the writings of modern days, for the fword yields to the pre-eminence of the pen even in the province of deflruelion, we fhould not now be furrounded by the ruins of thrones and altars, hear the fall of Rates, nor have feen a bleeding world amidfi the pangs of an expiring age. Who that has wit neffed thefe things, mull not be impelled by an inflinelive principle to examine well the pub lic condition, wherein is contained his own individual condition Who will not inform himfelf, therefore, not incautioufly nor erro neoufly, but according to authentic evidence and faels, on the State of his country Thus alone we (hall be enabled to (how to the mif guided anti-unionifls of Ireland, with what an opulent and powerful nation they fiill mur. 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.