Junius: Stat Nominis Umbra, Volume 1Henry Sampson Woodfall, in Pater Noster Row, 1772 |
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... thought advisable to diffolve an act , the violation or obfervance of which is invariably directed by the advantage and intereft of the Scots , I fhall fay very fincerely with Sir Edward Coke . When poor " England ftood alone , and had ...
... thought advisable to diffolve an act , the violation or obfervance of which is invariably directed by the advantage and intereft of the Scots , I fhall fay very fincerely with Sir Edward Coke . When poor " England ftood alone , and had ...
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... thought most dear and interefting to -themfelves . Ir naturally fills us with refentment , to fee fuch a temper infulted and abufed . In reading the hiftory of a free people , whofe rights have been invaded , we are interested in their ...
... thought most dear and interefting to -themfelves . Ir naturally fills us with refentment , to fee fuch a temper infulted and abufed . In reading the hiftory of a free people , whofe rights have been invaded , we are interested in their ...
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... relief to foreign trade , and to the weight of the public debt . He thought it equitable that those parts of the معرف This happened frequently to poor Lord North . 4 empire , 1 empire , which had benefited most by the ex- 8 OF LETTERS.
... relief to foreign trade , and to the weight of the public debt . He thought it equitable that those parts of the معرف This happened frequently to poor Lord North . 4 empire , 1 empire , which had benefited most by the ex- 8 OF LETTERS.
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... thought that his lordship's fervices in the cause of his coun- try , from the battle of Culloden to his most glorious conclufion of the late war , might have entitled him to common refpect and de- cency at leaft ; but this uncandid ...
... thought that his lordship's fervices in the cause of his coun- try , from the battle of Culloden to his most glorious conclufion of the late war , might have entitled him to common refpect and de- cency at leaft ; but this uncandid ...
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... own family and re- lations is called selfish . Had he not attended to them , when fair and just opportunities pre- fented themfelves , I fhould have thought him him unfeeling , and void of reflection indeed . How 22 LETTERS OF.
... own family and re- lations is called selfish . Had he not attended to them , when fair and just opportunities pre- fented themfelves , I fhould have thought him him unfeeling , and void of reflection indeed . How 22 LETTERS OF.
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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...
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