The Letters of Junius, Volume 1John Wheble, 1771 - 494 páginas |
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... Sir William Draper's answer to Junius . - Defence of Lord Granby LETTER III . Junius to Sir William Draper . --Supports his affertions of Lord Granby's conduct . - Strictures on Sir William's own LETTER IV . Sir William Draper to Junius ...
... Sir William Draper's answer to Junius . - Defence of Lord Granby LETTER III . Junius to Sir William Draper . --Supports his affertions of Lord Granby's conduct . - Strictures on Sir William's own LETTER IV . Sir William Draper to Junius ...
Página xii
... William Blackstone , in anfwer to his letter to Sir William Meredith's pamphlet , entitled , The Question ftated , on the nature of ex- pulfion from the houfe of commons Poftfcript to a Pamphlet intitled , An Anfwer to the Queftion ...
... William Blackstone , in anfwer to his letter to Sir William Meredith's pamphlet , entitled , The Question ftated , on the nature of ex- pulfion from the houfe of commons Poftfcript to a Pamphlet intitled , An Anfwer to the Queftion ...
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... Sir William Draper to Junius , on feeing a republication of these Letters . Calls upon him to prove his charge against him with refpect to the Manilla - ranfom LETTER XXIII . Junius to Sir William Draper , in vindication of his conduct ...
... Sir William Draper to Junius , on feeing a republication of these Letters . Calls upon him to prove his charge against him with refpect to the Manilla - ranfom LETTER XXIII . Junius to Sir William Draper , in vindication of his conduct ...
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... lord North Chancellor of the Exchequer , a Weymouth and a Hillsborough Secretaries of State , a Granby Commander in ... WILLIAM DRAPER TO THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER . SIR , January 26 , 1769 . T HE kingdom fwarms with fuch ...
... lord North Chancellor of the Exchequer , a Weymouth and a Hillsborough Secretaries of State , a Granby Commander in ... WILLIAM DRAPER TO THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER . SIR , January 26 , 1769 . T HE kingdom fwarms with fuch ...
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... WILLIAM DRAPER . TO SIR WILLIAM DRAPER , KNIGHT OF THE . BATH . SIR , February 7 , 1769 .. YOUR defence of lord Granby does honour to the goodness of your heart . You feel , as you ought to do , for the reputation of your friend , and ...
... WILLIAM DRAPER . TO SIR WILLIAM DRAPER , KNIGHT OF THE . BATH . SIR , February 7 , 1769 .. YOUR defence of lord Granby does honour to the goodness of your heart . You feel , as you ought to do , for the reputation of your friend , and ...
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adminiſtration affections affiftance affured againſt anſwer army becauſe cafe caufe cauſe character conduct confequences confider conftitution declared deferve difgrace dignity Duke of Bedford DUKE OF GRAFTON election eſtabliſhed expence expulfion falfe fame favour fecurity feems fenfe ferved fervice fhall fhould fince firft firſt fituation foldiers fome friends ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fyftem Grace himſelf honour houfe houſe of commons incapacity inftance infult intereft itſelf juftice Junius King laft laſt leaſt LETTER Lord Bute Lord Chatham lord Granby Lord North Lord Rockingham Luttrell mafter Majefty meaſures ment minifter miniftry moft moſt muft muſt myſelf obferve paffions parliament perfon pleaſure poffible prefent principles profeffion puniſhment purpoſe queftion racter reaſon refolution refpect reprefentative ſhall ſhould Sir William Draper Sovereign ſpeak ſpirit ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe virtue votes whofe whoſe Wilkes yourſelf
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Página 126 - I have described would never prostitute his dignity in parliament by an indecent violence either in opposing or defending a minister.
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Página 14 - Providence, it were possible for us to escape a crisis so full of terror and despair, posterity will not believe the history of the present times. They will either conclude that our distresses were imaginary, or that we had the good fortune to be governed by men of acknowledged integrity and wisdom : they will not believe it possible that their ancestors could have survived...
Página 199 - ... and leave it to themselves to determine, by their conduct at a future election, whether or...
Página 77 - You have now carried things too far to retreat. You have plainly declared to the people what they are to expect from the continuance of your administration. It is time for your Grace to consider what you also may expect in return from their spirit and their resentment.
Página 67 - 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 186 - The circumstances to which you are reduced will not admit of a compromise with the English nation. Undecisive...
Página 194 - The Praetorian bands, enervated and debauched as they were, had still strength enough to awe the Roman populace: but when the distant legions took the alarm, they marched to Rome, and gave away the empire.
Página 123 - Cautious therefore of giving offence where you have so little deserved it, I shall leave the illustration of your virtues to other hands. Your friends have a privilege to play upon the easiness of your temper, or possibly they are better acquainted with your good qualities than I am.