Excerpt from A Compleat View of the Present Politicks of Great-Britain I look upon it as any Hardfhip in this Light, that I am now, for the third Time, fiation'd at London. A Man grows fick of fome Na tions, as he grows weary of fome Places, be caufe he quickly fees them in all pofiible Lights and when once we are forc'd to view Things over and over again, the Appetite mutt pal], and the Underflanding grow uneafy. Here, at London, there is no Danger of feel ing any fuch unpleafant Senfation; even in the Courfe of a long Life, every Day, nay every Hour, produces fomething new; the Face of the Country, and the Humours of the People, are for ever changing. The Di verfions which were in vogue when I was firf't here, in the latter End of the Reign of King William, are now not only difus'd, but forgot; nay, Things are as much alter'd fince I attended Prince Eugene, during his Vifit to the Erzglz'jb Court in 1711, as in fome other Countries they would have been in a Century at leaf't; and then to mention the Vicifiitudes of the three laf't Years, would not only require the Pen of a true Ger man, but the Patience alfo of a Swift Rea der. 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.