The eighteenth-century commonwealthman

"Bibliographical commentary": p. 389-398. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 403-443) Introduction -- Some seventeenth-century commonwealthmen -- The Whigs of the Revolution and of the Sacheverell trial -- Robert Molesworth and his friends in England, 1693-1727 -- The case of Ireland -- The interest of Scotland -- The contribution of nonconformity -- Staunch Whigs and Republicans of the reign of George II (1727-1760) -- Honest Whigs under George III, 1761-1789 -- Conclusion.