9405 V.3 THIRD VOLUME. The Conduct of the Allies, and of the late Ministry, in beginning and carrying on the prefent War.. Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty between her Majesty and the States-general. To which are added, the faid Barrier Treaty, with the two separate Articles; part of the Coun- terproject; the Sentiments of Prince Eugene and Count THE EXAMINE R*. NUMBER XIII. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1710. longa est injuria, longæ The tale is intricate, perplex'd, and long: IT is a practice I have generally followed, to con verse in equal freedom with the deserving men of both parties; and it was never without some cantempt, that I have observed persons wholly out of employment, affect to do otherwise. I doubted, whether any man could owe so much to the side he was of, although he were retained by it; but without some great point of interest, either in possession or prospect, I thought it was the mark of a low and narrow spirit. It is hard that for some weeks past, I have been forced, in my own defence, to follow a proceeding that I have so much condemned in others. But several of my acquaintance among the declining party, are grown so insufferably peevish and sple *For a particular history of the dean's share in this periodica paper see the eighteenth volume of this collection. B 2 netic, |