XIX. The unchriftian Spirit of our
late Party-Writings.

XX. Of the late Act of Parliament for
laying four Shillings in the Pound
on Land.

XXI. The Birth-day of Her Royal

Highness the Princess of Wales.

XXII. The Character and Conversation
of a Tory Fox-hunter.

XXIII. A Cartel for the British La-

dies, during their prefent State of

War.

XXIV. The Defigns of HIS MAJES-
TY's Enemies impracticable.

XXV. Of the Fickleness of the British

Politicks.

XXVI. Confiderations offered to the
difaffected part of the Fair Sex.

XXVII. The Vifion of a fecond-fighted

Highlander.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. Several ufeful Maxims to be
learned from the prefent Rebellion.

XXIX. The Practice of Morality ne-
ceffary to make a Party flourish.

XXX. Of the Vanity of the French

Nation.

XXXI. Anfwer to a celebrated Pam-

phlet, entitled, An Argument to

prove the Affections of the People

of England to be the best Security

of the Government; humbly of-

fered to the Confideration of the

Patrons of Severity, and apply'd to
the prefent Juncture of Affairs.
XXXII. Artifices of the Malecontents
to draw the Women into their Party.

XXXIII. The particular Concern of

learned Societies to cultivate the

Favour of their Prince.

XXXIV. Abfurdity of admitting a
Spirit of Party into publick Diver-
fons, and particularly thofe of the
Play-boufe.

XXXV. Of modern Hiftorians.
XXXVI. Annals of the Pretender's
Reign.

XXXVII. Il Confequences of the late
Cry of the Church's Danger, with
regard to Religion.

XXXVIII. Proposals for a Truce be-
tween the Ladies of either Party.

XXXIX. Character of the late Lord,
Somers, published on the Day of his

Interment.

XL. The ufual Treatment of fuch Men
as make themselves Authors.

XLI. Advantages to the Spanish Trade
obtain'd by His prefent MAJESTY.
XLII. Advantages to our Commerce in
the Netherlands obtained by His
prefent MAJESTY.

XLIII. The Inconfiftence of a Popish
Prince and Proteftant Subjects.

XLIV. Tory Fox-bunter's Account of
the Maskerade on the Birth of the

Arch-Duke.

XLV. The Ufe and Advantage of Wit

and Humour under proper Regula-

tions.

XLVI. His MAJESTY's Birth-day:

XLVII. Converfion of the Tory Fox-
bunter.

XLVIII. Of Ministers of State, efpe-

cially in Great-Britain.

XLIX. Thanksgiving Day for fup-
preffing the late Rebellion.

L. The Folly and Mifchief of Mobs

and Riots.

LI. Cautions to be observed in the read-

ing of ancient Greek and Roman

Hiftorians.

LII. Of State Jealousy.

LIII. Britons, Free-thinkers in Politicks.

LIV. Preference of the Whig Scheme

to that of the Tories.

LV. Conclufion.

THE

THE

FREE-HOLDER.

No I

Friday, December 23, 1715.

Rara temporum felicitas, ubi fentire quæ velis, & quæ fentias dicere licet.

Tacit. Hiftor. I. I.

'Tis a peculiar Happiness of the Times, when a Man may think as he pleases, and speak as he thinks.

HE Arguments of an Author lofe a great deal of their Weight, when we are perfuaded that he only writes for Argument's fake, and has no real Concern in the Caufe which he efpouses. This is the Cafe of one who draws his Pe in the Defence of Property without having any; except, perhaps, in the Copy of a Libel, or a Ballad. One is apt to fufpect, that the Paffion for Liberty, which appears in a Grub-ftreet Patriot, arifes only from his Apprehenfions of a Goal; and that, whatever he may pretend, he does not write to fecure, but to get fomething of his own. Should the GovernB

ment