William Wyndham, Select British Eloquence — Attack on Sir Robert Walpole (1734)
“ Let us then suppose, sir, a man abandoned to all notions of virtue or honor, of no great family, and of but a mean fortune, raised to be chief minister of state by the concurrence of many whimsical events ”
William Wyndham, Select British Eloquence — Attack on Sir Robert Walpole (1734)
“ But as it is possible it may, could there any greater curse happen to a nation, than such a prince on the throne, advised, and solely advised, by such a minister, and that minister supported by such a Parliament? the nature of mankind can not be altered by human laws; the existence of such a prince or such a minister we can not prevent by act of Parliament ”
