The Letters of Junius, Volume 2,Parte 2J. Wheble, in Pater-Noster Row, 1770 - 232 páginas |
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... contempt , and confequently the attacks of our late enemies , if they can be induced to believe that the perfon , on whom the fafety of these kingdoms so much depends , is un- equal to his high ftation , and deftitute of thofe qualities ...
... contempt , and confequently the attacks of our late enemies , if they can be induced to believe that the perfon , on whom the fafety of these kingdoms so much depends , is un- equal to his high ftation , and deftitute of thofe qualities ...
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... contempt : they would probably have yielded in the first inftance , rather than hazard a rupture with this country ; but being once engaged , they cannot retreat without difhonour . Common fenfe foresees con- fequences which have ...
... contempt : they would probably have yielded in the first inftance , rather than hazard a rupture with this country ; but being once engaged , they cannot retreat without difhonour . Common fenfe foresees con- fequences which have ...
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... contempt and deteftation . Your contempt to distinguish between difabili- ties , which affect whole claffes of men , and those which affect individuals only , is really unworthy of your understanding . Your commentaries had taught me ...
... contempt and deteftation . Your contempt to distinguish between difabili- ties , which affect whole claffes of men , and those which affect individuals only , is really unworthy of your understanding . Your commentaries had taught me ...
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... contempt of the conftitution , as openly to avow , in a court of justice , the pur- chafe and fale of a borough . He would not have thought it confiftent with his rank in the state , or even with his perfonal importance , to be the ...
... contempt of the conftitution , as openly to avow , in a court of justice , the pur- chafe and fale of a borough . He would not have thought it confiftent with his rank in the state , or even with his perfonal importance , to be the ...
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... contempt . Your Grace is every way unfortunate . Yet I will not look back to thofe ridiculous fcenes , by which in your earlier days , you thought it an honour to be diftinguifhed ; the recorded ftripes , the public infamy , your own ...
... contempt . Your Grace is every way unfortunate . Yet I will not look back to thofe ridiculous fcenes , by which in your earlier days , you thought it an honour to be diftinguifhed ; the recorded ftripes , the public infamy , your own ...
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abfolutely adminiſtration affections affured againſt anſwer army becauſe cafe caufe cauſe character conduct confequences confider conftitution contempt declared deferves difgrace dignity Duke election eſtabliſhed expence expulfion fafe falfe fame fecurity feems fenfe ferved fervice fhall fince firft firſt fituation foldiers fome fpirit friends friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fyftem Grace himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe of commons incapacity inftance infult intereft itſelf juftice Junius King laft laſt leaſt lefs LETTER Lord Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Granby Lord North Lord Rockingham Luttrell Majefty meaſures ment minifter miniftry moft moſt muft muſt myſelf paffions parliament perfon poffible prefent preferve principles profeffion puniſhment purpoſe queftion racter reaſon refolution refpect regiment reprefent ſeems ſet ſhall ſhould Sir William Draper ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtanding virtue votes whofe whoſe Wilkes yourſelf
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Página 116 - ... to mankind. We may trace it in the veneration of your country, the choice of your friends, and in the accomplishment of every sanguine hope which the public might have conceived from the illustrious name of Russell. The eminence of your station gave you a commanding prospect of your duty.
Página 165 - SIR, IT is the misfortune of your life, and originally the cause of every reproach and distress, which has attended your government...
Página 166 - They did not wait to examine your conduct, nor to be determined by experience, but gave you a generous credit for the future blessings of your reign, and paid you in advance the dearest tribute of their affections.
Página 75 - Since the accession of our most gracious Sovereign to the throne, we have seen a system of government, which may well be called a reign of experiments.
Página 183 - Without consulting your minister, call together your whole council. Let it appear to the public that you can determine and act for yourself. Come forward to your people. Lay aside the wretched formalities of a king, and speak to your subjects with the spirit of a man, and in the language of a gentleman. Tell them you have been fatally deceived.
Página 76 - ... before he happily arrived at the caput mortuum of vitriol in your Grace. Flat and insipid in your retired state, but brought into action, you become vitriol again. Such are the extremes of alternate indolence or fury, which have governed your whole administration.
Página 185 - The Prince who imitates their conduct, should be warned by their example; and while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another.
Página 171 - The circumstances to which you are reduced will not admit of a compromise with the English nation. Undecisive...