The Letters of Junius, Volume 1John Wheble, 1771 - 494 páginas |
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... whole fyftem , You must correct your legislature . With regard to any influence of the conftitu- ent over the conduct of the reprefentative , there is little difference between a feat in par- liament for feven years and a feat for life ...
... whole fyftem , You must correct your legislature . With regard to any influence of the conftitu- ent over the conduct of the reprefentative , there is little difference between a feat in par- liament for feven years and a feat for life ...
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... Befides thefe additions , the whole has been revifed and corrected by one of the firft men , in point of political and literary knowledge , in the kingdom . A TO THE THIRD EDITION . This edition has been carefully ADVERTISEMENT .
... Befides thefe additions , the whole has been revifed and corrected by one of the firft men , in point of political and literary knowledge , in the kingdom . A TO THE THIRD EDITION . This edition has been carefully ADVERTISEMENT .
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... whole nation , fo fudden and extraordinary as that which the misconduct of ministers has , within thefe very few years , produced in Great Britain . When our gracious Sovereign afcended the throne , we were a flourishing and contented ...
... whole nation , fo fudden and extraordinary as that which the misconduct of ministers has , within thefe very few years , produced in Great Britain . When our gracious Sovereign afcended the throne , we were a flourishing and contented ...
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... whole people desperate . - Without much political fagacity , or any extra- ordinary depth of obfervation , we need only mark how the principal departments of the ftate are bestowed , and look no farther for the true caufe of every ...
... whole people desperate . - Without much political fagacity , or any extra- ordinary depth of obfervation , we need only mark how the principal departments of the ftate are bestowed , and look no farther for the true caufe of every ...
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... , and far beyond the hopes of his country . He must now exert the whole power of his capacity , if he would with us to forget , that , fince he has been in office , no B 3 plan plan has been formed , no fyftem adhered to , LETTER S. 5.
... , and far beyond the hopes of his country . He must now exert the whole power of his capacity , if he would with us to forget , that , fince he has been in office , no B 3 plan plan has been formed , no fyftem adhered to , LETTER S. 5.
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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 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.