Junius: Stat Nominis Umbra, Volume 1Henry Sampson Woodfall, in Pater Noster Row, 1772 |
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... hope however he will not rely too much on the fertility of Lord North's genius for finance . His lordship is yet to give us the first proof of his abilities : It may be candid to fuppofe that he has hitherto voluntarily concealed his ...
... hope however he will not rely too much on the fertility of Lord North's genius for finance . His lordship is yet to give us the first proof of his abilities : It may be candid to fuppofe that he has hitherto voluntarily concealed his ...
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... hope that my countrymen will be no longer impofed upon by artful and defigning men , or by wretches , who , bankrupts in bu- finefs , in fame , and in fortune , mean nothing more than to involve this country in the fame common ruin with ...
... hope that my countrymen will be no longer impofed upon by artful and defigning men , or by wretches , who , bankrupts in bu- finefs , in fame , and in fortune , mean nothing more than to involve this country in the fame common ruin with ...
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... to regulate your conduct , as to be able to fet the most malicious inquiries at defiance ; or , if that be a loft hope , they will teach you prudence enough enough not to attract the public attention to a character 50 LETTERS OF.
... to regulate your conduct , as to be able to fet the most malicious inquiries at defiance ; or , if that be a loft hope , they will teach you prudence enough enough not to attract the public attention to a character 50 LETTERS OF.
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... hope that the freeholders will make a tame furrender of their rights , or that an English army will join with you in overturning the liberties of their country . They know that their first duty , as citizens , is paramount to all ...
... hope that the freeholders will make a tame furrender of their rights , or that an English army will join with you in overturning the liberties of their country . They know that their first duty , as citizens , is paramount to all ...
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... hope for any amendment in him , before he has accomplished the deftruction of this country . Like other rakes , he may per- haps live to see his error , but not untill he has ruined his eftate . T PHILO JUNIUS . LETTER XV . TO HIS GRACE ...
... hope for any amendment in him , before he has accomplished the deftruction of this country . Like other rakes , he may per- haps live to see his error , but not untill he has ruined his eftate . T PHILO JUNIUS . LETTER XV . TO HIS GRACE ...
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Página 164 - ... which he might have acquired, not only in parliament, but through the whole kingdom : — compare these glorious distinctions with the...
Página 23 - ... This, sir, is the detail. In one view, behold a nation overwhelmed with debt ; her revenues wasted ; her trade declining ; the affections of her colonies alienated ; the duty of the magistrate transferred to the soldiery ; a gallant army, which never fought unwillingly but against their fellowsubjects, mouldering away for want of the direction of a man of common abilities and spirit...
Página 162 - Cautious therefore of giving offence where you have so little deserved it, I shall leave the illustration of your virtues to other hands. Your friends have a privilege to play upon the easiness of your temper, or possibly they are better acquainted with your good qualities than I am.
Página 101 - His views and situation required a creature void of all these properties ; and he was forced to go through every division, resolution, composition, and refinement of political chemistry, 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 99 - You have now carried things too far to retreat. You have plainly declared to the people what they are to expect from the continuance of your administration.
Página iv - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Página 104 - WITH what force, my Lord, with what protection, are you prepared to meet the united detestation of the people of England ? The city of London has given a generous example to the kingdom, in what manner a King of this country ought to be...
Página 5 - It is not the disorder, but the physician — it is not a casual concurrence of calamitous circumstances, it is the pernicious hand of government — which alone can make a whole people desperate.