The Letters of Junius, Volumen1Vernon, Hood and Sharpe, 1810 |
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... whole system , you must correct your Legislature . With regard to any influence of the constituent over the con- duct of the representative , there is little differ- ence between a seat in Parliament for seven years , and a seat for ...
... whole system , you must correct your Legislature . With regard to any influence of the constituent over the con- duct of the representative , there is little differ- ence between a seat in Parliament for seven years , and a seat for ...
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... whole " of the proceedings at Nisi Prius , as well the evidence " that had been given , as his own charge to the jury . " This proceeding would have been very proper , had a " motion been made on either side for a new trial ; because ...
... whole " of the proceedings at Nisi Prius , as well the evidence " that had been given , as his own charge to the jury . " This proceeding would have been very proper , had a " motion been made on either side for a new trial ; because ...
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... whole matter , it appears , to my under- standing , clear , beyond a doubt , that if , in any fu- ture prosecution for a seditious libel , the jury should bring in a verdict of acquittal , not warranted by the evidence , it will be ...
... whole matter , it appears , to my under- standing , clear , beyond a doubt , that if , in any fu- ture prosecution for a seditious libel , the jury should bring in a verdict of acquittal , not warranted by the evidence , it will be ...
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... whole charge laid in the information be fairly and honestly submitted to the jury , there is no reason whatsoever to presume that twelve men , upon their oaths , will not decide impartially between the King and the defendant . The ...
... whole charge laid in the information be fairly and honestly submitted to the jury , there is no reason whatsoever to presume that twelve men , upon their oaths , will not decide impartially between the King and the defendant . The ...
Página xxv
... whole life was employed in one base , contemptible struggle with the free spirit of his peo- ple , or in the detestable endeavour to corrupt their moral principles , I would not scruple to declare to him , " Sir , you alone are the ...
... whole life was employed in one base , contemptible struggle with the free spirit of his peo- ple , or in the detestable endeavour to corrupt their moral principles , I would not scruple to declare to him , " Sir , you alone are the ...
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Página 199 - ... complaints of your people. It is not, however, too late to correct the error of your education. We are still inclined to make an indulgent allowance for the pernicious lessons you received in your youth, and to form the most sanguine hopes from the natural benevolence of your disposition. We are far from thinking you capable of a direct deliberate purpose to invade those original rights of your subjects on which all their civil and political liberties depend. Had it been possible for us to entertain...
Página 146 - Wooburn, scorn and mockery await him. He must create a solitude round his estate, if he would avoid the face of reproach and derision. At Plymouth, his destruction would be more than probable ; at Exeter, inevitable.
Página 135 - YOU are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem from the public, that if, in the following lines, a compliment or expression of applause should escape me, I fear you would consider it as a mockery of your established character, and, perhaps, an insult to your understanding.
Página 209 - They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a desert. Divided as they are into a thousand forms of policy and religion, there is one point in which they all agree — they equally detest the pageantry of a king and the supercilious hypocrisy of a bishop.
Página 211 - Hanover from a notorious zeal for the house of Stuart, and find an earnest of future loyalty in former rebellions. 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...
Página 85 - The arbitrary appointment of Mr. Luttrell invades the foundation of the laws themselves, as it manifestly transfers the right of legislation from those whom the people have chosen, to those whom they have rejected.
Página 81 - ... qualified to keep pace with the wishes and principles of your heart, she would have made you perhaps the most formidable minister that ever was employed under a limited monarch to accomplish the ruin of a free people. When neither the feelings of shame, the reproaches of conscience, nor the dread of punishment, form any bar to the designs of a minister, the people would have too much reason to lament their condition if they did not find some resource in the weakness of his understanding. We owe...
Página 218 - ... it be in reality the general sense of the nation that their rights have been arbitrarily invaded by the present House of Commons, and the constitution betrayed. They will then do justice to their representatives and to themselves. These sentiments, sir, and the style they are conveyed in, may be offensive, perhaps, because they are new to you.
Página 200 - Such, Sir, was once the disposition of a people who now surround your throne with reproaches and complaints. Do justice to yourself. Banish from your mind those unworthy opinions with which some interested persons have laboured to possess you.
Página 122 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.