in my youth; nor shall I forget the words of my ancient Monitor. "'Tis the last key-stone "That makes the arch: the rest that there were put, "Are nothing till that comes to bind and shut; "Then stands it a triumphal mark! Then men "Observe the strength, the height, the why and when "It was erected; and still, walking under, "Meet some new matter to look up and wonder!" I am, Sir, your humble Servant, JOHN HORNE. SIR, LETTER LII. TO THE REVEREND MR. HORNE. July 4, 1771. I CANNOT descend to an altercation with you in the newspapers: but since I have attacked your character, and you complain of injustice, I think you have some right to an explanation. You defy me to prove, that you ever solicited a vote, or wrote a word in support of the ministerial aldermen. Sir, I did never suspect you of such gross folly. It would have been impossible for Mr. Horne to have solicited votes, and very difficult to have written in |