Excerpt from The Letters of Atticus as Printed in the London Journal in the Years 1729 and 1730, on Various Subjects: With an Introduction, Containing a Short Survey of Public Affairs From the Time of the Spaniards Besieging Gibraltar to the Year 1731, and an Enquiry Into the Reasons Why Some Modern Writers Assume to Themselves the Great Names of Passed Ages Ifhall not here pretend to enter into the Motives of the Craftfman, and his Corre fpondents, for abufing the Government. All the juft and prudent Steps which have been purfued by the Minif'try have been fo many Themes of Calumny to them and every De gree of Succefs in the Adminifiration of pub lic Affairs has fo evidently encreafed their Rage, that we may reafonably fuppofe they had rather fee the Nation plunged in conti nual Difiicultys, than that they fhould want Subjee'ts for cavilling and Complaint. A fbort Review of fome T ranfae'tions paffed will, in fome Meafure, prove the Truth of this Oh fervation. 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.