But these extreme opinions were generally held in abhorrence.

Nineteen twentieths, of the nation consisted of persons in whom love of hereditary monarchy and love of constitutional freedom were combined, though in different proportions, and who were equally opposed to the total abolition of the kingly office and to the unconditional restoration of the King.
But, in the wide interval which separated the bigots who still clung to the doctrines of Filmer from the enthusiasts who still dreamed the dreams of Harrington, there was room for many shades of opinion.

If we neglect minute subdivisions, we shall find that the great majority of the nation and of the Convention was divided into four bodies.

Three of these bodies consisted of Tories.

The Whig party formed the fourth.
The amity of the Whigs and Tories had not survived the peril which had produced it.