Excerpt from A Defence of the Right Honorable the Earl of Shelburne: From the Reproaches of His Numerous Enemies, in a Letter to Sir George Saville, Bart; And Intended for the Direction of All Other Members of Parliament, Whose Object Is Rather to Restore the Glory of the British Empire, Than Administer to the Views of A F A man that has talents, or thinks he has, fhould feek a fcene of afiion by any means. What are abilities without the opportunity of exertion? Power is the medium, and every method to obtain power is fane'tioned by the motive. N'egue fafz'o ulzo, 7269218 417520 aefiiaere, quad maa'o ainbz'tiofam foret. Ambition (fays a great poet) is the glorious fault of angels and of gods. Is there a reafonable man who can condemn Alberoni for the arts he prae tifed, with a view to future greatnefsp Albe roni was even a pimp to the moufirous plea fures of the Duke de Vendome. vendome placed Alberoni in that fphere whence he grew up into a prime miniiter of Spain, and in the very means of his exaltation, the man gave an earneft of the talents which in a few years afterwards blazed upon the world from the minifier. - In fiances of this fort are out of number. 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.