as the beſt and wiſeſt in the World, and particularly while he diſtinguiſh'd himſelf as an Enemy to the Miniſtry, whom we were to overturn and ſucceed. But in ſpite of all the fortunate Conſtellations I was born under, being entirely diſappointed in theſe glorious Hopes, it luckily happen'd my Patron fell in with the Court-Party, and got a very comfortable Poſt to live honeſt by; and as I found my ſelf, by the ſacred Ties of Love to my Country and my Family, oblig'd to turn with him; I us'd my humble Endeavours to ſecond him, and to obtain ſome of thoſe many honourable Employments, with good Salaries for doing nothing, which I was aſſur'd by my great Friends, I could not fail of.
To this end, I became as violent for the Court, as ever I had been againſt it, and to ingratiate my ſelf the more with the Miniſtry, I kept up an extravagant Table, and a Crowd of humble Admirers of my Eloquence to eat at it, among whom I cenſur'd our Oppoſers as Fools or Knaves, rail'd at the Minority as Tools or Villains, and after confuting all their Arguments, to the Satisfaction of my Gueſts while they were eating, crown'd my daily Victories, with drinking Confuſions of all kinds.
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