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 to vulgar Eyes, and which, did not they publiſh them to Mankind, would be unobſerved for ever.

Nor is it eaſy to find in the Lives of our Monarchs many Inſtances of that Regard for Poſterity, which ſeems to have the prevailing Temper of this venerable Man. I have ſeldom in any of the gracious Speeches delivered from the Throne, and received with the higheſt Gratitude and Satisfaction by both Houſes of Parliament, diſcovered any other Concern than for the current Year, for which Supplies are generally demanded in very preſſing Terms, and ſometimes ſuch as imply no remarkable Solicitude for Poſterity. Nothing