The Letters of Junius, Volume 1John Wheble, 1771 - 494 páginas |
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Página ii
... defend them --- This is not the language of vanity . If I am a vain man , my gratification lies within a narrow circle . I am the fole depofitary of my own fecret , and it fhall perish with me . If an honeft , and , I may truly affirm ...
... defend them --- This is not the language of vanity . If I am a vain man , my gratification lies within a narrow circle . I am the fole depofitary of my own fecret , and it fhall perish with me . If an honeft , and , I may truly affirm ...
Página xii
... defend or explain particular paffages in JUNIUS , in an wer to plaufible objections ; but the fubordinate character is never guilty of the indecorum of praifing his principal . The fraud was innocent , and I always interd- ed to explain ...
... defend or explain particular paffages in JUNIUS , in an wer to plaufible objections ; but the fubordinate character is never guilty of the indecorum of praifing his principal . The fraud was innocent , and I always interd- ed to explain ...
Página 34
... defended only by thofe , who have nothing more to lose than their arms and their pay , its danger will be great indeed . A happy mixture of men of quality with foldiers of fortune , is always to be wifhed for . But the main point is ...
... defended only by thofe , who have nothing more to lose than their arms and their pay , its danger will be great indeed . A happy mixture of men of quality with foldiers of fortune , is always to be wifhed for . But the main point is ...
Página 58
... defends you is a no lefs re- markable example of age without the benefit of ex- perience . To follow fuch a writer minutely would , • like his own periods , be a labour without end like 58 LETTERS could not escape the misfortune of your ...
... defends you is a no lefs re- markable example of age without the benefit of ex- perience . To follow fuch a writer minutely would , • like his own periods , be a labour without end like 58 LETTERS could not escape the misfortune of your ...
Página 59
... defended you upon your own principles . What credit does a man deserve , who tells us plainly , that the facts fet ... defend your actions , without changing your principles , nor jus- tify a deliberate measure of government , without ...
... defended you upon your own principles . What credit does a man deserve , who tells us plainly , that the facts fet ... defend your actions , without changing your principles , nor jus- tify a deliberate measure of government , without ...
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affections affured againſt anſwer becauſe cafe caufe cauſe character circumftances conduct confequences confider conftitution courſe declared defend deferves difgrace Duke of Bedford Duke of Grafton election Engliſh eſcape eſtabliſhed expulfion faid falfe fame fecurity feems fenfe fervice fhall fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpirit friends ftand ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport fyftem Grace himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe of commons incapacity inftance infult intereft itſelf juftice Junius jury King laft laſt leaſt lefs LETTER Lord Bute Lord Chatham lord Granby Lord North Lord Rockingham Luttrell Majefty meaſures ment minifter miniftry moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferve paffions perfon perfuaded poffible prefent principles profeffion PUBLIC ADVER puniſhment purpoſe queftion racter reaſon refolution refpect repreſented ſeems ſhall Sir William Draper Sovereign ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion truft underſtanding uſe vote whofe Wilkes yourſelf
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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 170 - Where was the father's heart when he could look for, or find an immediate consolation, for the loss of an only son, in consultations and bargains for a place at court, and even in the misery of balloting at the India house...
Página 13 - 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 247 - Scotland are not in actual rebellion, they are undoubtedly entitled to protection; nor do I mean to condemn the policy of giving some encouragement to the novelty of their affections for the house of Hanover.
Página 178 - They are still base enough to encourage the follies of your age, as they once did the vices of your youth. As little acquainted with the rules of decorum as with the laws of morality, they will not suffer you to profit by experience, nor even to consult the propriety of a bad character.
Página 101 - 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 96 - The measures, for instance, in which your grace's activity has been chiefly exerted, as they were adopted without skill, should 'have been conducted with more than common dexterity.
Página 2 - The situation of this country is alarming enough to rouse the attention of every man who pretends to a concern for the public welfare.