The North Briton, XLVI. Numbers Complete, Vol. 1 of 4 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The North Briton, XLVI. Numbers Complete, Vol. 1 of 4 That we have too much Occafion to uk every Effort to awaken our lukewarm fellow-citizens, out of the political Le thargy, in which they are now involved from the Spirit of Luxury and Profufion, which prevails over molt Ranks of Peo ple: For when/once the major Part of the Individuals 'is vitiated, there is no Mill chief, however remote it may feem to lie from us, that is not actually at the Door; and the Change from Liberty to Slavery, from Plenty, to general Diftrefs, is' often, f0 precipitate in Countries thus corrupted, that the fame Men, who have enjoyed the Banefit's of the purefi Confiitution at the Commencement of their Exiżence, have lived, not only to fee the Introduction, but to groan under the Burden of the melt fevere Tyranny. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.