loquy

To a laudable spirit of this latter kind, animated by a zeal for his native place, truly patriotic, is to be referred his steady perseverance in recommending to his countrymen, under all the discouragements of ob - loquy and prejudice, the plans suggested for the improve - ment of their fens by draining, and the practicability of increasing their intercourse with the neighbouring coun - ties by means of turnpike roads; a measure till then mi - attempted, and for a long time treated with a contempt and ridicule due only to the most wild and visionary pro - jects, the merit of which he was at last forced to rest upon the result of an experiment made by himself.

The general biographical dictionary. Revised by A. Chalmers 1812