Excerpt from The Sentiments of a Tory, in Respect to a Late Important Transaction, and in Regard to the Present Situation of Affairs It was originally, broached by the Shaft} hury of the prefent Age, a Man, to be fure, well verfed in the Hiltory and Interef't of Parties, fince, in the Comic of his Life, he has been of all, and, I believe I may fay, at the Head of all the capital Parties in thefe Kingdoms, I mean Whigs, Tories, and 7a cohites, and therefore no Man fitter to form this Projeet of a Coalition, which was, in Ihort, a Projee'c for the putting himfelf at the Head of them again all at once. I do not fay this out of any Pieque to this refined Statefman, but I fay it out of Regard to Truth, out of Refpeet to my Country, and for the Sake of that Body of Men with whom I always have, and, I believe, always fhall, concur. 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.