PATRONAGE, POLITICAL.
*Defoe 21.8645[[Defoe, Daniel] 1660-1731. 1717 Some national grievances, viz, The unequal-
ness of court preferments., The keeping up the army. The S[eptennia]1 act. Unmerc4fulness to state-criminals., Neglect of the orthodox clergy. Considered and fairly represented in a letter: to R--- W--- [i.e. Robert Walpole] esq; London, Sold by E, Smith in Cornhill. 1717.
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1. Patronage, Political, 2. Standing army. 3%Gt. Brit.--Pol. & govt.--1714-1727. 1 I. Walpole, Rob e ert, earl of Orford, 1676-1745. IL. Title,