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    domestic title to ititeifefe In the a £ Mrs of this nation . His circura * stances were sd tiifcfcly adjusted by a directing' and superintending Provi * dence , that he had the means of employing a large foreign force ivithout breaking in on the system of national freedom a # & independence- This man ^ f& ^ Rliiam of O range and Nassau , hereditary stadtholder of Holland . To this daarter of the political horizon iva § evfery eye directed—on William Itoas the eager gaze of men fixed and

    riveted . Never existed a man so Qualified by nature and ^ fortune for a great arid beneficial enterprise . By birth he was a liberatotum genus 9 a family of deliverers . He received his iijp lessons in the school of adversity . Hi \ va ^ born when his family had sunk beneath an adverse faction in

    his country , and instead of enjoying * that situation of dignity and command t 6 whifch his birth had designed him , be saw himself in a private state , in some measure depending on his enemies . But his public enemies were hh private friends . The head of it , Pensionary de Witt * was a virtuous ftvan , and he was educated under his

    personal inspection . From him , his £ alm , sober , reflecting understanding derived those comprehensive views of the state of Europe aiid the interests of its component parts which guided his conduct in a matafcrer age . Called upon to defend and save the commonwealth which the valour of

    his ancestors had founded against the Unprincipled invasion of the French , 167 % > he displayed courage and firmness , not inadequate to the arduous duty which had devolved upoft him . A saying of his amidst the difficulties which encompassed him on every side is one of . the noblest and most heroic

    recorded ^ hi history , lieing asked whether lie did not see that his country was ruined , * There is one certain way / he replied , ' of never seeing the ruin of my country—I will die in its last dyke 1 * His title of an

    English Prince , which could alone enable him to interpose effectually and with perfect safety fo England , arose from circumstances so extraordinary that the historian is not afraid 6 f the

    imputation of superstition in Representing them as combined by the Special interposition of Provjdei ^ e for the purposes of mercyT * ^^^ * Ola the 23 rtl of Oet 4 toet ^ 6 7 %

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    William was married to the Ptfacess Mary * eldest daughter of James , Duke of York , afteTivitrds James II . Her joining with her Husband to dethrone

    her father at fchi Revolution appears to have been the effect of religious duty . It was a costly sacrifice to Protestantism * , which was at that pe * riod in England on the eve of extinction ,

    On Nov . 4 , 1668 , William landed at Torbay , after having once been driven back by a storm to Holland * This was a period of intense anxiety , and especially to his Royal Consort Mary , She had remained at the Hague , " Her behaviour , " says a

    modern historian , * ' is finely drawn by Burnet . The usual coarseness and meanness of his style assumes a character of pleasing simplicity / ' His words are these : . Mary behaved herself suitably to what was expected from her . She ordered prayers four times a day , and assisted at them with

    great devotion . She spoke to nobody of affairs , but was calm and silent . The states ordered some of their body to give her an account of all their proceedings . She indeed answered little , but in that little she gave them cause often to admire her judgment *" The modern historian then adds , " If

    there be any who regard the memory of the dethroned King with fondness of partiality , they will interrupt this narrative by maliciously observing * , that amidst all this solemn and

    devout composure the Princess was meditating the . downfal of an aged father , and they will call upon the sentiments of nature against the interest which Burnet would excite . The

    historian who traces ^ hese page ^ has not learnt his morality in a school tvhick teaches any predilection , for what are called public and severe virtues . He will certainly hot expiatiate upon them at the expense of the softer

    and more endearing duties and chariti es pf private life . He does not regard with any fondness or corftplacency of attention those extraordinary exertions which extraordinary exigences demand - he would rather paint with the love of an artist the more

    subdued image of virtue as it displays itself in the common course oi humari conduct ^ where nothing glaring offers its&Ifti ) ih ^ eye , Vvhere there i « more ^ li pp ¦ * to&tt Kght to the whole ex ^ cutW ^ IPfet he will confess , he partici *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/24/