Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850
Notes and Queries, Number 18, March 2, 1850
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y, ought to consider the state of things at
large, of the prospect before him, and the probability of public
events. A letter which appeared some days ago in the Public
Advertizer revived many serious reflections of this sort in my
mind, because it seemed to be written with candour and judgment.
_The effect of those reflections was, that I did not hesitate to
alter the situation of my property._
"I owe my thanks to that writer that I am safely {276} landed from a troubled ocean of fear and anxiety on which I think I will venture my fortune and my happiness again," &c. &c.
There is no reason to question the truth of these sentiments. The letter is believed to be the first which appeared signed "ATTICUS," and was written many months before the author became known as Junius, and before any necessity had arisen for the exercise of that habitual caution which he afterwards evinced in the mention of any circumstance at all likely to lead to his det
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