Excerpt from Two Historic Dissertations: I. On the Causes of the Ministerial Secession, A. D. 1717, II. On the Treaty of Hanover, Concluded A. D. 1725, With Some Prefatory Remarks, in Reply to the Animadversions of the Rev. William Coxe, on His Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole

Having formed a determination to avoid, if possible, any controversial discussions, it was a matter of real concern to find myself at tacked in such a mode by the Rev. W. Coxe, in his late Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole, as to render some animadversions on my part, and in my own defence, absolutely necessary. The only instance of this kind which has before occurred was in the cafe of Major Scott, who took up the pen in vindication of his friend, Mr. Hastings, with a warmth and zeal not only to be excused but applauded, notwithstanding the occasional asperity of his observations. The remarks of that gentleman were, however, blended and softened with concessions and compliments, which showed that he did not wish to hold me up to the world as a writer devoid of merit, or as a man devoid of principle.

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