Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second (Vol. 2 of 3)
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second (Vol. 2 of 3)
By Horace Walpole
16 Feb, 2020
The tranquillity of the Administration continued to be disturbed by repeated accounts of great armaments preparing in France for the West Indies; of which General Wall was believed to have given us the first intimation. Their marine grew formidable,
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The tranquillity of the Administration continued to be disturbed by repeated accounts of great armaments preparing in France for the West Indies; of which General Wall was believed to have given us the first intimation. Their marine grew formidable, but their insults unwisely outstripped their increasing power. We took the alarm; two regiments were ordered from Ireland, and by the beginning of February a fleet of thirty ships of the line was fitted out with equal spirit and expedition. Less