Note 1169 — PART IV. From the Reformation to the present time. (continued 8)

The knowledge and mental culture of these assuming beings have been said to be chiefly derived from Cocker and the venal newspapers; but the present writer looks upon that as an incorrect and hyperbolic representation; though he suspects that but few of them possess very expanded minds. In time, it is to be hoped, they will become more wise, liberal, public-spirited, and patriotic.