The finances of the country are still in chaos, in spite of all Walpole's efforts and fine promises.

The South Sea bubble has sapped the confidence in the government of all men of weight.

The very Whigs themselves are shaken.
'Tis to King James, England begins to look for salvation from this topsy-turveydom.

The tide runs strongly in our favor.

Strongly, sir! If we stay for the ebb, we may stay for good; for there may never be another flow within our lifetime." "Your lordship is grown strangely hot upon this question," said Caryll, very full of wonder.
As he understood Ostermore, the earl was scarcely the sentimentalist to give way to such a passion of loyalty for a weaker side.