Note 415 — Chapter XVI · ON THE STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE REIGNS OF ANNE, GEORGE I., AND GEORGE II. (continued 2)
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Tindal, apud Parl. Hist. xiv. 66. I have read the same in other books, but know not at present where to search for the passages. Hogarth's pictures of the election are evidence to the corruption in his time, so also are some of Smollett's novels. Addison, Swift, and Pope would not have neglected to lash this vice if it had been glaring in their age; which shows that the change took place about the time I have mentioned.