Coke and Birc[h].: The Paper War, Carried on at the Nottingham Election, 1803, Containing the Whole of the Addresses, Songs, Squibs, &c. Circulated by the Contending Parties; Including the Books of Accidents and Chances ... |
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... meet with that generous Support which I have so frequently received at your hands , whenever the Wisdom of Parliament shall think it prudent to issue another writ . I have the honour to be , With great respect and gratitude , Inner ...
... meet with that generous Support which I have so frequently received at your hands , whenever the Wisdom of Parliament shall think it prudent to issue another writ . I have the honour to be , With great respect and gratitude , Inner ...
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... meet you here much sooner than I expected to have done , after a long and la- borious contest , the result of which , ( by a con- currence of circumstances it would ill become me here to enlarge upon ) is that I am once more thrown upon ...
... meet you here much sooner than I expected to have done , after a long and la- borious contest , the result of which , ( by a con- currence of circumstances it would ill become me here to enlarge upon ) is that I am once more thrown upon ...
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... meet with protection , you will prove to the World , that a MAJORITY of the ELECTORS are LOYAL , and that a Gen- tleman who has represented you in Parliament for upwards of Twenty Years , will not be removed from his Seat for having ...
... meet with protection , you will prove to the World , that a MAJORITY of the ELECTORS are LOYAL , and that a Gen- tleman who has represented you in Parliament for upwards of Twenty Years , will not be removed from his Seat for having ...
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... meet with our deserts , - we shall get it soon enough.— Stick to the Humbug of DISLOYALTY , DIS-- AFFECTION , CONSPIRACIES , & c . & c.- without these you know we should be in a miser- able plight . Don't mention the word gagging again ...
... meet with our deserts , - we shall get it soon enough.— Stick to the Humbug of DISLOYALTY , DIS-- AFFECTION , CONSPIRACIES , & c . & c.- without these you know we should be in a miser- able plight . Don't mention the word gagging again ...
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... meet with merited contempt from their Brother - Burgesses , for having deserted their prin- ciples , and forfeited their word . To use much exhortation to men who have manifested so firm an attachment to the greatest of causes , as you ...
... meet with merited contempt from their Brother - Burgesses , for having deserted their prin- ciples , and forfeited their word . To use much exhortation to men who have manifested so firm an attachment to the greatest of causes , as you ...
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ADDRESS amongst Belphegor Bill BIRCH Britons Brother called calumnies Candidate Canvass cause CHAPTER Civil and Religious Coke's Committee conduct conscience Constitution Corporation Council Counsellor Country DANIEL PARKER COKE Danites dare dear declare Disaffection doubt dwell Electors of Nottingham falsehood favor fear flags Freemen friends of Daniel friends of Joseph Gentlemen give glorious halloo hath heart honest honour House of Commons Howbeit Independent Electors insult Jack Jacobin Justice King last Election late Liberty Little Solomon loyal Loyalty Magistrates men of Nottingham mind never o'er Oath Oppression Parliament party peace persons poll poor pray principles rejoice respect Rights Rulers scrats shew Slaves song sons Sons of Freedom spirit Squib Stocking Frame tell thee things thou Thumb Tories Town of Nottingham Tree of Liberty True Blue Truth virtue voices unto vote Whig wish worthy write
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Page 328 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 328 - Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to theirs, — and above all, ever, and in . all cases, to prefer their interest to his own. But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.
Page 328 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 294 - And it's oh ! dear ! what can the matter be ? Dear ! dear ! what can the matter be ? Oh ! dear ! what can the matter be ? Johnny's so long at the fair.
Page 275 - ... themselves abound in wealth, or are supported by the wealth of others.— —Your Petitioners are the more alarmed at the progress of private patronage, because it is rapidly leading to consequences which menace the very existence of the constitution. At the commencement of every session. of parliament, your honourable House, acting up to the laudable jealousy of your predecessors, and speaking the pure, constitutional language of a British House of Commons resolve, as appears by your journals,...
Page 112 - WHILST happy in our native land, So great, so famed in story, Let's join, my friends, with heart and hand To raise our country's glory : When Britain calls, her valiant sons Will rush in crowds to aid her — Snatch, snatch your muskets, prime your guns, And crush the fierce invader ! Whilst every Briton's song shall be, " O give us Death — or Victory !
Page 228 - ... have determined to return to Virginia for my wife. My feelings are centred in the idea of liberty," and as he spoke he stretched his arms toward the deep blue of the Canadian sky in a magnificent gesture. Then with a deep-drawn breath that inflated his mighty chest, he repeated the word: "Liberty! I think of it by day and dream of it by night; and I shall only taste it in all its sweetness when Susan shares it with me.
Page 112 - Let France in savage accents sing Her bloody Revolution ; We prize our Country, love our King, Adore our Constitution ; For these we'll every danger face, And quit our rustic labours ; Our ploughs to firelocks shall give place, Our scythes be changed to sabres. And clad in arms our song shall be, " O give us death — or victory !
Page 276 - Parliament to defend the prerogatives of the crown, and the privileges of the peers ; but that' member who does not defend the RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE is a parliamentary traitor.
Page 23 - Priestley's) property was attacked, I would have lost my life in his defence, and this sentiment I nold all the more strongly because I do differ from him.