Excerpt from A Consultation on the Subject of a Standing Army, Held at the King's-Arms Tavern, on the Twenty-Eighth Day of February, 1763G E N T L E M E N, E are affembled to confider of a weighty matter, in which the nation is not fo much interef'red, as we and our friends. The point indeed is trite. It has been fo well worn by us, that if we enter intoa dull repetition of what we have faid here tofore, we fhall fpend much time to little purpofe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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