To secure the assistance
of those who could turn the balance of public opinion with
their pens, became a matter of importance to rival states-
men, and preferment in Church or State was be-,
stowed by each party in payment for good service of this _ -º
kind.
of those who could turn the balance of public opinion with
their pens, became a matter of importance to rival states-
men, and preferment in Church or State was be-,
stowed by each party in payment for good service of this _ -º
kind.
Alexander Pope - v04
