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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... enemy , were exhausted against an individual , who , perhaps , would never have been so greatly dis- * In 1763 , through the negotiation of the Duke of Bedford . tinguished , had not the ill - judged and contumacious 2 PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON.
... enemy , were exhausted against an individual , who , perhaps , would never have been so greatly dis- * In 1763 , through the negotiation of the Duke of Bedford . tinguished , had not the ill - judged and contumacious 2 PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON.
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... perhaps , ever will ; and what is of far greater consequence , diffused among the body of the people a clearer knowledge of their constitu- tional rights than they had ever before attained , and animated them with a more determined ...
... perhaps , ever will ; and what is of far greater consequence , diffused among the body of the people a clearer knowledge of their constitu- tional rights than they had ever before attained , and animated them with a more determined ...
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... perhaps have been spared with ad- vantage and especially the whole of his personal assaults upon the character and motives of the king . Aware as the editor is of the arguments in favour of occasionally attacking the character of the ...
... perhaps have been spared with ad- vantage and especially the whole of his personal assaults upon the character and motives of the king . Aware as the editor is of the arguments in favour of occasionally attacking the character of the ...
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... perhaps even the zeal and talents of Mr. Fox himself might have been exercised in vain . But , after all , who or what was Junius ? this shadow of a name , who thus shot his unerring arrows from an impene- trable concealment , and ...
... perhaps even the zeal and talents of Mr. Fox himself might have been exercised in vain . But , after all , who or what was Junius ? this shadow of a name , who thus shot his unerring arrows from an impene- trable concealment , and ...
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... perhaps , taken up at hazard . That of Atticus was unquestionably assumed from the author's own opinion of the purity of his style , an opinion in which the public universally concurred ; and the three remaining signa- tures of Lucius ...
... perhaps , taken up at hazard . That of Atticus was unquestionably assumed from the author's own opinion of the purity of his style , an opinion in which the public universally concurred ; and the three remaining signa- tures of Lucius ...
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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.