IT is an old Obſervation, which has been made of Politicians who would rather ingratiate themſelves with their Sovereign, than promote his real Service, that they accommodate their Counſels to his Inclinations, and adviſe him to ſuch Actions only as his Heart is naturally ſet upon.
1712 June 29 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, June 18, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 475; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, page 15