The Letters of Junius, Volume 1J. Wheble, 1772 |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 22
Página 35
... such influence were less . Let Ju- nius point out the time when it has not pre- vailed . It was of the leaft force in the time of that great man , the late duke of Cumber- land , who , as a prince of the blood , was able as well as ...
... such influence were less . Let Ju- nius point out the time when it has not pre- vailed . It was of the leaft force in the time of that great man , the late duke of Cumber- land , who , as a prince of the blood , was able as well as ...
Página 38
... Such depopulation can only be repaired by a long peace , or by fome fenfible bill of naturalization . I MUST now take the liberty to talk to Junius on my own account . He is pleafed to tell me that he addreffes himself to me perfonally ...
... Such depopulation can only be repaired by a long peace , or by fome fenfible bill of naturalization . I MUST now take the liberty to talk to Junius on my own account . He is pleafed to tell me that he addreffes himself to me perfonally ...
Página 41
... such as no man can think indecent , who knows the fhocks that repeated viciffitudes of heat and cold , of dangerous and fickly cli- mates , will give to the best constitutions in a pretty long course of service . I refigned my regiment ...
... such as no man can think indecent , who knows the fhocks that repeated viciffitudes of heat and cold , of dangerous and fickly cli- mates , will give to the best constitutions in a pretty long course of service . I refigned my regiment ...
Página 48
... Such a question might perhaps difcompofe the gravity of his mufcles , but I believe it would little affect the tran- quility of his confcience . Examine your own breaft , Sir William , and you will dif- cover , that reproaches and ...
... Such a question might perhaps difcompofe the gravity of his mufcles , but I believe it would little affect the tran- quility of his confcience . Examine your own breaft , Sir William , and you will dif- cover , that reproaches and ...
Página 63
... such a friendship , I would never have been bafe enough to betray it . But , let Mr. Wilkes's character be what it may , this at leaft is certain , that , circumstanced as he is with regard to the public , even his vices plead for him ...
... such a friendship , I would never have been bafe enough to betray it . But , let Mr. Wilkes's character be what it may , this at leaft is certain , that , circumstanced as he is with regard to the public , even his vices plead for him ...
Outras edições - Ver todos
Termos e frases comuns
adminiftration affert againſt anſwer army becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe character conduct confequence confider conftitution court declared defended deferved Duke of Bedford Duke of Grafton election eſtabliſhed expelled expulfion fafely faid falfe fame feems fervice fhall fhould firſt fome fpirit friends friendſhip ftill fubject fubmit fuch fuffer fufficient fupport fure fyftem Grace himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe of commons incapacity inftance infult intereft itſelf juftice Junius Junius's jury King laft laſt law of parliament leaft leaſt LETTER Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Granby Lord Mansfield Lord North Lord Rockingham Luttrell meaſures ment minifter miniftry moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferve perfon pleaſed poffible preſent puniſhment purpoſe queſtion racters reaſon refolution refpect repreſent ſay ſee ſeems ſhall Sir William Draper ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe vote Walpole whoſe Wilkes yourſelf
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página vii - 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 99 - Lord, it is not sufficient that you have the court at your devotion, unless you can find means to corrupt or intimidate the jury. The collective body of the people form that jury, and from their decision there is but one appeal.
Página 164 - Conscious of his own weight and importance, his conduct in parliament would be directed by nothing but the constitutional duty of a peer.
Página 166 - He would not at one moment rancorously persecute, at another basely cringe to, the favourite of his sovereign. After outraging the royal dignity with peremptory conditions little short of menace and hostility, he would never descend to the humility of soliciting an interview * with the favourite, and of offering to recover, at any price, the honour of his friendship.
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 15 - When a victim is marked out by the ministry, this judge will offer himself to perform the sacrifice. He will not scruple to prostitute his dignity, and betray the sanctity of his office, whenever an arbitrary point is to be carried for government, or the resentment of a court to be gratified.
Página 78 - First lived and died a hypocrite. Charles the Second was a hypocrite of another sort, and should have died upon the same scaffold. At the distance of a century, we see their different characters happily revived, and blended in your grace. Sullen and severe without religion, profligate without gaiety, you live like Charles the Second, without being an amiable companion, and, for aught I know, may die as his father did, without the reputation of a martyr.
Página 76 - It is not that your indolence and your activity have been equally misapplied, but that the first uniform principle, or, if I may call it the genius of your life, should have carried you through every possible change and...
Página 105 - ... libertine by profession. It is not, indeed, the least of the thousand contradictions which attend you, that a man, marked to the world by the grossest violation of all ceremony and decorum, should be the first servant of a court, in which prayers are morality, and kneeling is religion.
Página 153 - We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights which they have delivered to our care. We owe it to our posterity not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed.