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... suffering a mean action . A sincere love and attachment to his king and country , and to their glory , first im- pelled him to the field , where he never gained aught but honour . He impaired , through his bounty , his own fortune ; for ...
... suffering a mean action . A sincere love and attachment to his king and country , and to their glory , first im- pelled him to the field , where he never gained aught but honour . He impaired , through his bounty , his own fortune ; for ...
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... suffer the best and brightest characters ( meaning still the present Ministry ) to take a single right step , for the ho- nour or interest of the nation . But it seems you were a little tender of coming to particulars.- Your conscience ...
... suffer the best and brightest characters ( meaning still the present Ministry ) to take a single right step , for the ho- nour or interest of the nation . But it seems you were a little tender of coming to particulars.- Your conscience ...
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... dependents . As to his servile submission to the reigning Ministry , let me ask , whether he did not desert the cause of the whole army , when he suffered Sir Jeffery Amherst to be sacrificed , and what share he had 26 JUNIUS .
... dependents . As to his servile submission to the reigning Ministry , let me ask , whether he did not desert the cause of the whole army , when he suffered Sir Jeffery Amherst to be sacrificed , and what share he had 26 JUNIUS .
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... suffer no man to leave his table either sorrowful or sober . None but an intimate friend , who must frequently have seen him in these unhappy disgraceful moments , could have described him so well . The last charge , of the neglect of ...
... suffer no man to leave his table either sorrowful or sober . None but an intimate friend , who must frequently have seen him in these unhappy disgraceful moments , could have described him so well . The last charge , of the neglect of ...
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... mine . Unfortunately for him , his reputation , like that unhappy country to which you refer me for his last military achievements , has suffered more by his friends than his enemies . In mercy to him E 2 JUNIUS . 39 To Sir William Draper.
... mine . Unfortunately for him , his reputation , like that unhappy country to which you refer me for his last military achievements , has suffered more by his friends than his enemies . In mercy to him E 2 JUNIUS . 39 To Sir William Draper.
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admitted affirm answer appear argument army assert authority betray breach candidate cause character conduct consider constitution contempt corruption court custom of parliament dare declared defend desert determine dignity disgrace distress Duke of Bedford Duke of Grafton duly elected duty enemies English expelled expence expulsion fact favour friends give Grace Grenville guard heart honest honour House of Commons House of Hanover incapacity insult judge Junius's jury justice King King's kingdom law of parliament LETTER LETTERS OF JUNIUS liament liberty Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Granby Lord Mansfield Lord North Lord Rockingham Luttrell Majesty measures ment Minister Ministry nation never notorious opinion party perhaps person PHILO JUNIUS political precedent present prince principles PRINTER Privy Counsellor PUBLIC ADVERTISER punishment question racter regiment Royal Sir William Draper Sovereign spirit subjects suffered tion truth understanding verdict violated virtue Walpole whole Wilkes
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Página 136 - Esq. having been this session of ' parliament committed a prisoner to the tower, ' and expelled this house for a breach of trust in the ' execution of his office, and notorious corruption ' when secretary at war, was and is incapable of ' being elected a member to serve in this present
Página 152 - 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 222 - ... 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 a suspicion so...
Página 242 - 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 ix - In this sense, the word supreme is relative, not absolute. The power of the legislature is limited, not only by the general rules of natural justice, and the welfare of the community, but by the forms and principles of our particular constitution.
Página 157 - 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.
Página 165 - ... that ought to be dear to a man of honour. They are still base enough to encourage the follies of your age, as they once did the vices of your youth. As little acquainted with the rules of decorum as with the laws of morality, they will not suffer you to profit by experience, nor even to consult the propriety of a bad character. Even now they tell you that life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last; and that as you lived without virtue,...
Página 243 - The Prince, who imitates their conduct, should be warned by their example; and while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another*.
Página 231 - ... truth which he ought to be convinced of without experiment. But if the English people should no longer confine their resentment to a submissive representation of their wrongs ; if, following the glorious example of their ancestors, they should no longer appeal to the creature of the constitution, but to that high Being who gave them the rights of humanity, whose gifts it were sacrilege to surrender; let me ask you, Sir, upon what part of your subjects would you rely for assistance ? The people...
Página 222 - You ascended the throne with a declared, and, I doubt not, a sincere resolution of giving universal satisfaction to your subjects. You found them pleased with the novelty of a young prince, whose countenance promised even more than his words, and loyal to you, not only from principle, but passion. It was not a cold profession of allegiance to the first magistrate, but a partial, animated attachment to a favorite prince, the native of their country.