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THE

Political Writings

OF

Sir Richard Steele.

Mala Opinio, Bene parta, delectat. Sen.

LONDON:

Printed for 7. T. and Sold by Owen Lloyd near the
Church in the Temple. and 7 Brown at the Black
Swan, without Temple-Bar. 1715.

ENGLISH
OXFORD

LIBRARY

To the Right Honourable the

EARL of CLARE.

My LORD,.

HE following

Papers

were

written to confront daring

and wicked Men, in the Profecution of Purposes deftructivetotheirCoun

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The honeft Inten

tion of them was what

first recommended me to your Lordship's Friendfhip, and I hope you will forgive me that I cannot conceal a Circumftance fo advantageous to the Fame of them, as that of your Lordfhip's Approbation. The painful Struggle under fo great a Difficulty, as explaining with a Miniftry in openContradiction to their Proceed

ings, is what can be fupported by nothing lefs

than the Teftimony of a

good Confcience, and

an Heart pure from a vi

cious Ambition.

And

thefe are fuch Supports as will keep a Man from languishing in Difcontent, fhould He, amidst the Profperities of the Cause he has endeavoured to ferve, live to find Zeal for the Publick, of all Humane Virtues, the most exposed to the cool comfort

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