Bolingbroke writes of ministers of religion as if they had no other
function than to maintain theological dogmas, and draws a false
conclusion from false premisses. He died on the 12th of December,
1751.

H.M.



A LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM WINDHAM



I was well enough acquainted with the general character of mankind,
and in particular with that of my own countrymen, to expect to be as
much out of the minds of the Tories during my exile as if we had
never lived and acted together. I depended on being forgot by them,
and was far from imagining it possible that I should be remembered
only to be condemned loudly by one half of them, and to be tacitly
censured by the greatest part of the other half. As soon as I was
separated from the Pretender and his interest, I declared myself to
be so; and I gave directions for writing into England what I judged
sufficient to put my friends on their guard against any surprise
concerning an event which it was their interest, as well as mine,
that they should be very rightly informed about.

As soon as the Pretender's adherents began to clamour against me in
this country, and to disperse their scandal by circular letters
everywhere else, I gave directions for writing into England again.
Their groundless articles of accusation were refuted, and enough was