An Army of Trumpeters would give as great a Strength to a Cause, as this Confederacy of Tongue-Warriours; who like those military Musicians, content themselves with animating their Friends to Battel, and run out of the Engagement upon the first Onset.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman

The Freeholder, No. 28 (1716-03-26)
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Regarding those supporting the Jacobite risings of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries.