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A full answer to the Letter from a by-stander, &c : wherein his false calculations, and misrepresentations of facts in the time of King Charles II are refuted, and an historical account is given of all the Parliamentary aids in that reign, from the Journals of the House of Commons, the ancient and modern power of the crown, and the excessive height to which it is risen of late, are clearly represented, and reasons offered for restoring to the freeholders of England their ancient right of chusing high sheriffs and justices of peace in the county courts, as a proper means towards restoring the ballance of our constitution, and putting a stop to the progress of corruption
Carte, Thomas (1686-1754)
1742
Attributed to Thomas Carte in NUC pre-1956. A reply to Corbyn Morris, Letter from a by-stander to a Member of Parliament. Last leaf blank.
A proper answer to the by-stander : wherein is shewn, I. that there is no necessity for, but infallible ruin in the maintenance of a large regular (or mercenary) land force in this island : II. that by keeping up a standing army for preventing an invasion, we shall at last render it certain and successful : III. that publick credit is now upon a more stable foundation than ever it was before the year 1734, and can be ruined by nothing but bad oeconomy, temporary expedients, and loss of trade : IV. that endeavouring to revive parties or factions long since extinguised, in order to divert the attention of the people from the present mischiefs or dangers, is a most wicked attemp. : and V. that the weight of political power is now taken almost entirely from the popular and thrown into the regal scale
Bath, William Pulteney Earl of (1684-1764)
1742
A letter from a by-stander [1741-1742] was generally supposed to have been written by Walpole or by his direction.--NUC pre-1956; attributed to Corbyn Morris (OCLC, etc.). Attributed to William Pult...