“ Ridicalum acri Verius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res.” ‘Weapon of keener edge, the than the severe, ..
... reign, the best Tory speaker ; Cowper was probably the best Whig speaker. But it may well be doubted whether St. John did so muchfor the Tories as Swift, and whether Cowper did 80 much for the Whigs as Addison. When these things are daly considered, it will ...