CHAPTER XII.

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Festive Fighting――Jacobite Boys――Flogging Soldiers――Hoadly in the Pulpit――Flattery by Addison――On the Silver Thames――Two Pretty Fellows――Thanksgiving Day――Sherlock’s Sermon――Bishop of Ely’s Sermon――King George’s Right to the Throne――A Nonjuring Clergyman, to be Whipt――Saved by the Bishop of London――The Rose in June――More Bloodshed――Jacobite Ladies――Ladies’ Anti-Jacobite Associations――Riot in a Church――Pope’s Double Dealing――Addison, on Late and Present Times――Political Women 234