... him thr , ugh many difficulti s with impunity. He published the Post-boy, in which he attacled the Tories, and even the Whigs, just as lie was hired. Sr :ft threatened to be revenged for his abuse, though he had joined in that of Marlborough, more hateful ...

... straitened circumstances ; as a Tory he was very much caressed and beloved by his party, yet he was esteemed and respected by the Whigs. The Author of the prologue to D'lrrfey's last play thus speaks of him:— Though Tom the poet writ with ease and pleasure ...