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Today, scholars relish the anti-Whig references in “Gulliver’s Travels,” but the rest of us can still enjoy its wicked critique of hubris, vanity and illogic.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

The proof that the Historiographer Royal contributed to the anti-Whig propaganda of the spring of 1681 depends partly on contemporary or near-contemporary statements but principally on internal evidence.

From His Majesties Declaration Defended by Dryden, John

Strongly anti-Whig, Coningsby distrusted the Conservative party, and looked for a new party of men who shared his youthful convictions and high political principles.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur