[253] "The destruction of one man has been for many years the sole object of your government."—Junius, December 19, 1769.
[254] John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792).
[255] Thomas Potter (1718-1759), son of John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury.
[256] It is said that demon worship and mock celebrations of the rites peculiar to monastic orders were the most reputable of the ceremonies. Over the principal entrance to the Abbey Sir Francis Dashwood had placed the motto from Rabelais' Abbey of Theleme, "Fay ce que voudras."
"Dashwood shall pour from a Communion cup
Libations to the Goddess without eyes,
And hob and nob in cyder and excise."
Churchill: The Candidate.
[257] History of the Four Georges.
[258] Walpole: Memoirs of George III.
[259] Churchill: The Duellist.
[260] Lines addressed to the Earl of Sandwich.
[261] The Duellist.