Excerpt from The Late Minister Unmask'd, or an Answer to a Late Pamphlet Entitled, the Conduct of the Late Administration, With Regard to Foreign Affairs, From 1722 to 1742: Wherein That of the Right Hon. The Earl of Orford, Late Sir Robert Walpole, Is Particularly Vindicated Patron's Hand and Heart and, by your Silence, probably, may have efcaped a like F ate with your Fellow Labourer at N - e. G Had you faid nothing, or honeflly con feffed the Truth, and afilgn'd this, that is, the true Rea/on, for leaving out, his Do rue/tie Atchivementsf in your Vindication of your Patron, the World would have believed, and probably have'pardon'd you, becaufe of your Sincerity. But to come out with afneaking Evaf on m the very Front of your Preface, that carries Inface rity in every Word of it, what Qwrters could you expect? The following 'sheets were part of a larger Work, which included all our material Dornef tie as well as Foreign Tranfae'tions dur ing the late Adminif'rration; but it be ing found much too voluminous (in the Pamphlet-way) to be publifh'd to gether, it was thought proper to divide ir.-now, had you fairly faid, we pro ini/z'a' a Vindication of Sir R 's Do rue/lie Malverfations, as well as ltzs Blun dering Negoti, ations but upon Examination we found them too dark to oeur t/oe Light, and too many to ae eontaineelina Folio Volume as large as an Oxford Bio/e, Such an bonaf't Excufe as this would have, call. 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.