The Letters of Junius, Volume 2,Parte 2J. Wheble, in Pater-Noster Row, 1770 - 232 páginas |
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... dignity to have the debts of a — pro- vided for , like the repairs of a country bridge , or a decayed hofpital . The management of the K - g's affairs in the H of C- cannot be more difgraced than it has been . A leading mi- nifter ...
... dignity to have the debts of a — pro- vided for , like the repairs of a country bridge , or a decayed hofpital . The management of the K - g's affairs in the H of C- cannot be more difgraced than it has been . A leading mi- nifter ...
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... dignity or modera- tion ; but neither correctnefs in the compofition , nor judgment in the defign . As for his meafures , let it be remembered , that he was called upon to conciliate and unite ; and that , when he entered into office ...
... dignity or modera- tion ; but neither correctnefs in the compofition , nor judgment in the defign . As for his meafures , let it be remembered , that he was called upon to conciliate and unite ; and that , when he entered into office ...
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... dignity , and betray the fanctity of his office , whenever an arbitrary point is to be carried for g -- t , or the refentment of a c - t to be gartified . These principles and proceedings , odious and contemptible as they are , in ...
... dignity , and betray the fanctity of his office , whenever an arbitrary point is to be carried for g -- t , or the refentment of a c - t to be gartified . These principles and proceedings , odious and contemptible as they are , in ...
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... with the other ; yet this uncandid Junius would infi- nuate , that the dignity of the commander in chief is depraved into the bafe office of a commiffion C broker broker ; that is , Lord Granby bargains for the LETTER S. 17.
... with the other ; yet this uncandid Junius would infi- nuate , that the dignity of the commander in chief is depraved into the bafe office of a commiffion C broker broker ; that is , Lord Granby bargains for the LETTER S. 17.
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... , to turn Junius's own battery against him , I must affert , in his own words , " that he has given ftrong affertions without proof , decla- mation mation without argument , and violent cenfures without dignity or 20 LETTER S.
... , to turn Junius's own battery against him , I must affert , in his own words , " that he has given ftrong affertions without proof , decla- mation mation without argument , and violent cenfures without dignity or 20 LETTER S.
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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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