ABSTRACT
Great Britain is a happy Island, and well stored Magazine of Native Blessings, whether we look on the Situation, the Soil, the Climate, or the Inhabitants of it, is undeniable. The People of Great Britain are docile and industrious, Warlike when taught, and Obstinate when provoked: They are excellent Artificers in most Handicrafts, but more noted for Improvements than Invention. The most useful of them, that is, those inured to Labour, are indefatigable, when employed to their Mind. Gibraltar is in Spain, as much as Portsmouth is in Great Britain, and whoever may prove a better Title to it than the Spaniards, none are fitter in the Quadruple Alliance to be possessed of it, and give less Umbrage to the Neighbouring Powers. It is very hard every private Person may order his Family as he pleases, without being controul’d, and the Queen of Great Britain should not have the Liberty of Chusing her own Servants.
