Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volume 1

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J. Johnson, 1813 - 522 páginas

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Página 27 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Página 152 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Página 408 - Lord Bute found no resource of dependence or security in the proud, imposing superiority of Lord Chatham's abilities, the shrewd, inflexible judgment of Mr. Grenville, nor in the mild but determined integrity of Lord Rockingham.
Página 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Página 329 - Liberty, from Tuesday, February 5, to Thursday, February 7, 1771, printed for J. Wheble, as misrepresenting the Speeches, and reflecting on several of the members of the said .House, in contempt of the order, and in breach of the privilege of the said House ; it was ordered, that the said J.
Página 157 - ... to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal .subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Página 33 - Dunning and myself," added he, " we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece; but Kcnyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise!
Página 76 - It is true I have suffered the infectious hand of a bishop to be waved over me; whose imposition, like the sop given to Judas, is only a signal for the devil to enter.
Página 392 - It seems I am a partisan of the great leader of the opposition. If the charge had been a reproach, it should have been better supported. I did not intend to make a public declaration of the respect I bear Lord Chatham. I well knew what unworthy conclusions would be drawn from it.
Página 392 - Recorded honours shall gather round his monument, and thicken over him. It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels that adorn it. — I am not conversant in the language of panegyric. — These praises are extorted from me; but they will wear well, for they have been dearly earned.

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