Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer Under Other Signatures: to which are Added His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes and His Private Letters to Mr. H.S. Woodfall, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1850 |
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... given in the three volumes pub- lished in 1813 by the late Mr. Woodfall - indeed all that was authentically known of Junius and his writings . To specify more distinctly the merits of Woodfall's edition , now reprinted entire , it may ...
... given in the three volumes pub- lished in 1813 by the late Mr. Woodfall - indeed all that was authentically known of Junius and his writings . To specify more distinctly the merits of Woodfall's edition , now reprinted entire , it may ...
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... given in the second volume of the present edition , some of which Junius acknowledges to have written , at an earlier or later period , under different signatures ; and other letters collected by Mason Good , of which the authorship is ...
... given in the second volume of the present edition , some of which Junius acknowledges to have written , at an earlier or later period , under different signatures ; and other letters collected by Mason Good , of which the authorship is ...
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... given her . " It was just at this period that the very extraordinary step occurred of the dismissal of Sir Jeffery Amherst from his government of Virginia , for the sole purpose , as it should seem , of creating a post for the Earl of ...
... given her . " It was just at this period that the very extraordinary step occurred of the dismissal of Sir Jeffery Amherst from his government of Virginia , for the sole purpose , as it should seem , of creating a post for the Earl of ...
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... resentments to gratify , I think it sufficient to have given my opinion of your public conduct , leaving the punish- ment it deserves to your closet and self . " The rescue of General Gansel , by means of a 14 PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON.
... resentments to gratify , I think it sufficient to have given my opinion of your public conduct , leaving the punish- ment it deserves to your closet and self . " The rescue of General Gansel , by means of a 14 PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON.
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... given in his letter to the Duke of Grafton , Dec. 12 , 1769 , and in his private note to Mr. Woodfall of the same date , No. 15. The rapidity with which the affair of General Gansell reached him has been already noticed . In his letter ...
... given in his letter to the Duke of Grafton , Dec. 12 , 1769 , and in his private note to Mr. Woodfall of the same date , No. 15. The rapidity with which the affair of General Gansell reached him has been already noticed . In his letter ...
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Página 53 - Chatham's abilities, the shrewd inflexible judgment of Mr Grenville, nor in the mild but determined integrity of lord Rockingham. 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.
Página 266 - They feel and resent, as they ought to do, that invariable, undistinguishing favour with which the guards are treated ; while those gallant troops, by whom every hazardous, every laborious service is performed, are left to perish in garrisons abroad, or pine in quarters at home, neglected and forgotten.
Página 46 - But if his ambition be upon a level with his understanding ; if he judges of what is truly honourable for himself, with the same superior genius which animates and directs him to eloquence in debate, to wisdom in decision, even the pen of Junius shall contribute to reward him. Recorded honours shall gather round his monument and thicken over him. It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels that adorn it.
Página 281 - We do, therefore, with the greatest humility and submission, most earnestly supplicate your Majesty that you will not dismiss us from your presence, without expressing a more favourable opinion of your faithful citizens, and without some comfort, without some prospect at least of redress.
Página 264 - Appearances are, however, in their favor ; so strongly, indeed, that one would think they had forgotten that you are their lawful King, and had mistaken you for a Pretender to the crown. Let it be admitted, then, that the Scotch are as sincere in their present professions as if you were in reality not an Englishman, but a Briton of the North — you would not be the first prince of their native country against whom they have rebelled, nor the first whom they have basely betrayed. Have you forgotten,...
Página 117 - I should have hoped that even my name might carry some authority with it, if I had not seen how very little weight or consideration a printed paper receives, even from the respectable signature of sir William Draper.
Página 468 - ... boroughs, I am as much offended as any man at seeing so many of them under the direct influence of the crown, or at the disposal of private persons. Yet, I own, I have both doubts and apprehensions in regard to the remedy you propose. I shall be charged perhaps with an unusual...
Página 464 - I shall not scruple to tell the author of his mistake in the open face of this assembly." 16 Parl. Hist. 13021307. On the next day, a warm debate took place in the House of Commons upon a motion by Serjeant Glynn for a committee '; to inquire into the administration of criminal justice, and the proceedings of the judges in Westminster Hall, particularly in cases relating to the liberty of the press and the constitutional power and duty of juries,
Página 4 - I thought he had ventured too far, and there was an end of his triumphs. Not that he had not asserted many truths: Yes, sir, there are in that composition many bold truths ; by which a wise prince might profit.
Página 214 - He would never have been insulted with virtues which he had laboured to extinguish, nor suffered the disgrace of a mortifying defeat, which has made him ridiculous and contemptible, even to the few by whom he was not detested.