A war, or any wild-goose chase is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is the art of keeping himself in place.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
A war, or any wild-goose chase is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is the art of keeping himself in place.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)