Excerpt from The Spirit of Party: Chapter the First, Being an Introduction to the History of the Knight of the Bridge, Addressed to the People of Ireland<br><br>Now, had this Town, which contained his Houfe, Family, and Relations, been allaulted by a Bo= dy of Enemies from abroad, he could not have hefitated a Mo ment 'wha't Side to chufe, in that Cafe, he could have had no Ar guments to form, no Doubts whereon to deliberate, no (melti ons to afk; Inclination, Interel't, Equity, every Impulfe divine and human would infiantly have ruih ed 'upon him and.impelled him to the Refcue of his Country and Kindred. But, obferving, that, infiead of any foreign Allaults or' Invafion, a Number of his Fellow Townfmen had fallen together by the Ears, Countrymen againft Countrymen, elations againft Relations, and Friends againfl; Friends, though he thought it bale to be an idle and unconcern ed Speé'tator, yet here he found deep Gaufe for Confideration and Demur, while he yet knew not who were the Injured 01 who the Aggrefibrs, while he delayed to ailif't even Thofe whom he loved mof't, for fear of ofiending Thele who were alfo intitled to his Re. Gard and Protection.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.