The Letters of Junius, Volume 2,Parte 2J. Wheble, in Pater-Noster Row, 1770 - 232 páginas |
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... produced in Great Britain . When our gracious fovereign afcended the throne , we were a flourishing and a contented people . If the perfonal virtues of a king could have insured the happiness of his fubjects , the fcene could not have ...
... produced in Great Britain . When our gracious fovereign afcended the throne , we were a flourishing and a contented people . If the perfonal virtues of a king could have insured the happiness of his fubjects , the fcene could not have ...
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... produce fuch important effects ? A little calm reflection might have fhewn you , that national calamities do not arife from the de- fcription , but from the real character and conduct of minifters . To have fupported your affertion ...
... produce fuch important effects ? A little calm reflection might have fhewn you , that national calamities do not arife from the de- fcription , but from the real character and conduct of minifters . To have fupported your affertion ...
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... produce the face which has fo long lurked behind it , the world will be able to judge of his motives for writing fuch infamous invec- tives . His real name will difcover his freedom and independency , or his fervility to a faction ...
... produce the face which has fo long lurked behind it , the world will be able to judge of his motives for writing fuch infamous invec- tives . His real name will difcover his freedom and independency , or his fervility to a faction ...
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... produced fuch a piece of oratory . Here the hatchet defcends with ten- fold vengeance ; but , alas ! it hurts no one but its mafter ! For Junius muft not think to put words into my mouth , that seem too foul even for his own . My ...
... produced fuch a piece of oratory . Here the hatchet defcends with ten- fold vengeance ; but , alas ! it hurts no one but its mafter ! For Junius muft not think to put words into my mouth , that seem too foul even for his own . My ...
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... produces no more than 380 1. per annum , clear of fees and perquifites of office . I receive 1671. from my government of Yarmouth . Total 547 1. per annum . My confcience is much at eafe in these particulars ; my friends need not blush ...
... produces no more than 380 1. per annum , clear of fees and perquifites of office . I receive 1671. from my government of Yarmouth . Total 547 1. per annum . My confcience is much at eafe in these particulars ; my friends need not blush ...
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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 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.
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