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The Art of Politicks

Note vi — THE ART of POLITICKS, In Imitation of HORACE's ART of POETRY.

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P. 4, lines 2-3. "Tory" originally meant an Irish outlaw, and "Whig" a Scottish rebel. For other theories of the origin of "Whig" that were current in 1729, see OED.

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