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friend Charles in the great man who could not forget for cfiap.one moment that he was First Lord of the Treasury, thathe was Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he had been aEegent of the kingdom, that he had founded the Bank ofEngland and the new East India Company, that he hadrestored the currency, that he had invented the ExchequerBills, that he had planned the General Mortgage, and thathe had been pronounced, by a solemn vote of the Com-mons , to have deserved all the favours which he had re-ceived from the Crown. It was said that admiration ofhimself and contempt of others were indicated by all : hisgestures and written in all the lines of his face. The veryway in which the little jackanapes, as the hostile pamphlet-eers loved to call him, strutted through the lobby, makingthe most of his small figure, rising on his toe, and perkingup his chin', made him enemies. Bash and arrogant say-ings were imputed to him, and perhaps invented for him.

He was accused of boasting that there was nothing that hecould not carry through the House of Commons, that hecould turn the majority round his finger. A crowd oflibellers assailed him with much more than political hatred.Boundless rapacity and corruption were laid to his charge.

He was represented as selling all the places in the revenuedepartment for three years’ purchase. The opprobriousnickname of Filcher was fastened on him. His luxury, itwas said, was not less inordinate than his avarice. Therewas indeed an attempt made at this time to raise againstthe leading Whig politicians and their allies, the great

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