A Letter to a Member of the House of Commons, Upon the Meeting of Parliament (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Letter to a Member of the House of Commons, Upon the Meeting of ParliamentWhether or not, however, this opinion of Cicero be jufc, which I doubt, and be applicable, which'-i deny: I fpeak from my own feelings, which are not unknown to you, when I fay that, his idem [entire de is an apothegm, which has had more fuccefs in the world than it ought to - have had, though not more than it might have been eafy to forefee it would obtain, fince it is addrefi'ed more to the paf fions and the fpleen, than to the virtue or the reafon of mankind, and has too often furnifhed an inge nious, and at laf'c a ready and a vulgar excufe for the violation, of private ties, obligation, and grati tude, under that fpecious, but falfe pretext of public principle.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.