Page:Terræ-filius- or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford.djvu/253

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3 6 Terra-Filius. N O xxxv.. and bet?in to entertain new hobs that the prefent ?l?ra?ed ttate of affairs, and the uneafmefi of the m?le will incline them to a vhange, and draw I ? . them into the intereft of their l?pijh idol. I have received repeated informations from Ox- voat?, that this unhaI?y mii?rriage is the darling to?ick of all their convertition and furnifties their pulpits, their coffee-hout3s, taverns, and common room_? with inexhauttible matter of railcry upon the ?q?nt government i they do not, as they o condo',e with their fdlow-fubjeec? upon thls me- lancholl]y profpe?, but t?k� a feetee il!-natur d plea- fare in the mi?ry of their country, out of revenge to tho#, whom they cal! the authors of i?. I ?ve likewith obtirv d, that of late the Chevalier ?s been mention'd with an air of importance in ?ur news-papers, a? if he were really time-body =el rn=y froart hints have been given to make people believe that there are certain private treaties carrying on between feveral I?o?i3 I)otent?tes in his favouri one of whom, we are told, has varitten letter to the Chevalier de St. George5 the purport =vh?reof is not yet kno?vn. From all which it is pretty plain, that the to'ires (whole name I thought woul& have been, long before now, l:uried with their hopes) think to make a good handle of. our un?brtunate divifions and diltrac?iom. They ?magine that we are grown defperate and deiiri?us under our prefent dit!reli? a.nd that we will join with them in anlt m?ures, tl? mad fit is uWa If there had been any room to cloubt of this, the renown'd Mr. M? ha? taken au effe?ual me- thud, in hi? lalt fatura�'s weekly ?ournol , to con- vince us of it l by which we may:perceive that he think? the patlqons of the people are rie enough . for the alarm, and that there' is no nine left to dally and rrmra?le the tbifil?ai hc therefore open'd hi? min?i