Excerpt from Letters to a Nobleman, Proving a Late Prime Minister to Have Been Junius: And Developing the Secret Motives Which Induced Him to Write Under That and Other Signatures, With an Appendix, Containing a Celebrated Case, Published by Almon, in 1768

Having heard it whispered, in November last, that Junius had fought the battles of a late illustrious nobleman, with a remarkable spirit of gallantry and perseverance, I turned my attention to Mr. Woodfall's Edition of his Letters, that I might satisfy myself of a fact to which I had never adverted. I had formerly read the productions of this elegant writer as many others have done, dazzled by the beauty of his style, and the display of his public spirit, I knew only that he had written to the King, and that he had corresponded with sir William Draper and Mr. Home, but of his politics, or his views, I knew nothing.

The fact was confirmed by investigation. I was surprised to find the cause of the nobleman defended, directly or indirectly, in near sixty Letters.

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