But offered the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland ......... ib. Charge of treachery against Stanhope.................... 373 1719. The bill is carried ...... Journey of the King to Hanover..... ib. Two frigates reach Scotland............... Lords Marischal, Tullibardine, and Seaforth dis- embark ib. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECUT ERRATA. Page 405. line 4. for "impartiality" read "partiality." г improvement was advancing at home with gigantic strides, while great wars were waged abroad, the domestic repose and enjoyment of the nation were scarcely ever for a moment broken through. The current was strong and rapid, but the surface remained smooth and unruffled. Lives were seldom lost, either by popular breaches of the law or by its rigorous execution. The population augmented fast, but wealth augmented faster still; comforts became more largely diffused, and knowledge more generally cultivated. Unlike the era of the Antonines, this prosperity did not depend "on the character of a single man.”* Its founda * See the remarks of Gibbon, Decline and Fall, chap. iii. vol. i. p. 127. ed. 1820. B |