MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DANIEL DE FOE: CONTAINING A REVIEW OF HIS WRITINGS, AND HIS OPINIONS UPON A VARIETY OF IMPORTANT MATTERS, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL. BY WALTER WILSON, Esq. OF THE INNER TEMPLE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. Reflections upon the Reign of Queen Anne.-Her Accession to the Throne.-Debasement of Religion.-Political Changes. -Triumph of Toryism.-Intemperance of Churchmen.-De Foe's Account of the Opening of the Reign. The Queen's Zeal for the Church.-Its Effect upon the Clergy.-Revival of May-poles.-De Foe's Account of the Excesses of the Times.-Violence of Churchmen repressed by the Queen.- Discontent thereupon.-Some of the Ministers desert the High Party.-Bad Spirit of the Commons.-War Declared. -Unsuccessful Expedition to Cadiz.-De Foe's Poem upon the Spanish Descent.-Dissolution of Parliament.-Meeting of a new one.-Insult to the Memory of King William.— Satirized by Mr. Walsh.-Revival of the Royal Touch.- |