Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (now First Collected) ; to which are Added, His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and His Private Letters Addressed to Mr. H.S. Woodfall ; with a Preliminary Essay, Notes, Fac-similes, &c. ...G. Woodfall, 1812 |
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... question of law as well as that of fact . To the steady patriotism of the late Mr. Fox is the nation solely indebted for a direct legislative decision upon this last important point ; -but the ground was previ- ously cleared by the ...
... question of law as well as that of fact . To the steady patriotism of the late Mr. Fox is the nation solely indebted for a direct legislative decision upon this last important point ; -but the ground was previ- ously cleared by the ...
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... question , in connexion -with other documents , that not one of these pretenders has ever had the small- est right to the distinction which some of them have ardently coveted . These private and confidential letters , ad- dressed to the ...
... question , in connexion -with other documents , that not one of these pretenders has ever had the small- est right to the distinction which some of them have ardently coveted . These private and confidential letters , ad- dressed to the ...
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... question of taxation in a form more odious and less effectual than that of the law which had been repealed . " The following is his character of the members of the cabinet generally . " The school they were bred in taught them how to ...
... question of taxation in a form more odious and less effectual than that of the law which had been repealed . " The following is his character of the members of the cabinet generally . " The school they were bred in taught them how to ...
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... question , are not brought to a trial , the Duke of Grafton shall hear from me again . " From his Private Letters to Mr. Woodfall , we shall now learn that he was solely actuated in his forbearance by motives of humanity : " The only ...
... question , are not brought to a trial , the Duke of Grafton shall hear from me again . " From his Private Letters to Mr. Woodfall , we shall now learn that he was solely actuated in his forbearance by motives of humanity : " The only ...
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... question should arise upon any writings of my mine , you shall not want it ; -in point of money be assured you shall never suffer ' . " In perfect and honour- able consonance with which , when the printer was at length involved in a ...
... question should arise upon any writings of my mine , you shall not want it ; -in point of money be assured you shall never suffer ' . " In perfect and honour- able consonance with which , when the printer was at length involved in a ...
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Página 107 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences, — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all tho other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Página 103 - I remember, Sir, with a melancholy pleasure, the situation of the honourable gentleman who made the motion for the repeal ; in that crisis, when the whole trading interest of this empire, crammed into your lobbies, with a trembling and anxious expectation, waited, almost to a winter's return of light, their fate from your resolutions. When at length you had determined in their...
Página 174 - ... alternate indolence or fury which have governed your whole administration. Your circumstances with regard to the people soon becoming desperate, like other honest servants you determined to involve the best of masters in the same difficulties with yourself.
Página 106 - ... instructions he had received ; certain it is, that, with the best intentions in the world, he first brought this fatal scheme into form, and established it by act of parliament. No man can believe, that at this time of day I mean to lean on the venerable memory of a great man, whose loss we deplore in common. Our little party...
Página 72 - Our language has no term of reproach, the mind has no idea of detestation, which has not already been happily applied to you, and exhausted. — Ample justice has been done by abler pens than mine to the separate merits of your life and character. Let it be my humble office to collect the scattered sweets, till their united virtue tortures the sense.
Página 178 - Whenever the spirit of distributing prebends and bishoprics shall have departed from you, you will find that learned seminary perfectly recovered from the delirium of an installation, and, what in truth it ought to be, once more a peaceful scene of slumber and thoughtless meditation. The venerable tutors of the university will no longer distress your modesty, by proposing you for a pattern to their pupils. The learned dulness of declamation will be silent ; and even the venal muse, though happiest...
Página 50 - As for myself, be assured that I am far above all pecuniary views, and no other person, I think, has any claim to share with you. Make the most of it, therefore, and let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence ; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest...
Página 229 - To a generous mind there cannot be a doubt. We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights which they have delivered to our care — we owe it to our posterity not to suffer their dearest inheritance to be destroyed.
Página 102 - It was, indeed, in a situation of little rank and no consequence, suitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretensions, — but a situation near enough to enable me to see, as well as others, what was going on ; and I did see in that noble person such sound principles, such an enlargement of mind, such clear and sagacious sense, and such unshaken fortitude, as have bound me, as well as others much tetter than me, by an inviolable attachment to him from that time forward.