Excerpt from The Rival Princes, or a Faithful Narrative of Facts, Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political Acquaintance With Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd, &C. &C. &C. Who Were Concerned in the Charges Against the Duke of York: Together With a Variety of Authentic and Important Letters, and Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of Several Persons of Political Notoriety T is said that great events often result from trifling causes - se considerable public good, frequently pro ceeds from individual, inconvenience. Whatever injury an illustrious personage may have sustained by the loss of his oflice, great good will result to the nation, on its being able at last to estimate the true friends of the country, from those, whose assu med patriotism for a short time, obtained the afiee tions of the people, and grew upon its credulity. 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.