The case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq / [Thomas Thompson].

  • Thompson, Thomas, active 1746.
Date:
1746
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Credit: The case of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington, Esq / [Thomas Thompson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c Of the Right Honourable Thomas Winnington^ Efq; HOwever difagreeable Appeals of this kind may be, yet the fcandalous Slanders that have been fo induf- trioufly propagated, make it neceffary for me at prefent, to ftand forth in Defence of myCondudt, on a late melancholly Occa- fion: The Death of Mr.Winnington, who, I have the Honour to fay, was my Friend, as well as Patient, afforded too fincere a Caufe of Concern to need any Aggravation from the Voice of Calumny : However, I fhould have treated the Attacks of fuch Enemies with the Contempt they deferved, was I not apprehenfive, that they are cal¬ culated to impofe on the too eafy Credu¬ lity of others* I am not infenfible from B what