A Critical Enquiry Regarding the Real Author of the Letters of Junius: Proving Them to Have Been Written by Lord Viscount Sackville |
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... favour of the present claimant , with remarks of his having been strongly suspected ; but in no one instance have I ever met with an investigation of those claims , or an attempt to disprove those suspicions , further than from ge ...
... favour of the present claimant , with remarks of his having been strongly suspected ; but in no one instance have I ever met with an investigation of those claims , or an attempt to disprove those suspicions , further than from ge ...
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... favour of repealing the duty on tea in America . XIV . That he was an advocate for triennial parliaments . XV . That he considered the impeachment of Lord Mansfield as indispensable . XVI . That from the manner in which he up- holds ...
... favour of repealing the duty on tea in America . XIV . That he was an advocate for triennial parliaments . XV . That he considered the impeachment of Lord Mansfield as indispensable . XVI . That from the manner in which he up- holds ...
Page xiv
... favour of Lord George , the author of the in- genious Essay prefixed to Woodfall's edition of the Letters of Junius , objects an expression in a political squib , attributed to Junius , in which he alludes to the supposed tergiversation ...
... favour of Lord George , the author of the in- genious Essay prefixed to Woodfall's edition of the Letters of Junius , objects an expression in a political squib , attributed to Junius , in which he alludes to the supposed tergiversation ...
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... favour of an opposition , may judge of the riotous triumphs occasioned by this victory . The ladies made balls , the mob bon- fires , the poets pasquinades . The address that was soon after sent over to the King , applied directly to ...
... favour of an opposition , may judge of the riotous triumphs occasioned by this victory . The ladies made balls , the mob bon- fires , the poets pasquinades . The address that was soon after sent over to the King , applied directly to ...
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... favour , that the late king , to keep him there , would have ap- pointed him his general . He had a great deal of humour and occasional good breeding , but not to the prejudice of his natural temper , which was imperiously blunt ...
... favour , that the late king , to keep him there , would have ap- pointed him his general . He had a great deal of humour and occasional good breeding , but not to the prejudice of his natural temper , which was imperiously blunt ...
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Page 344 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 345 - Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad.' ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in, stones, and good in every thing.
Page 280 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 100 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Page 143 - The man who fairly and completely answers this argument, shall have my thanks and my applause. My heart is already with him. I am ready to be converted. I admire his morality, and would gladly subscribe to the articles of his faith. Grateful as I am to the GOOD BEING whose bounty has imparted to me this reasoning intellect, whatever it is, I hold myself proportionably indebted to him from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine.
Page v - When Kings and ministers are forgotten, when the force and direction of personal satire is no longer understood, and when measures are only felt in their remotest consequences, this book will, I believe, be found to contain principles worthy to be transmitted to posterity.
Page 44 - ... 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,...
Page 188 - ... with which the guards are treated*; while those gallant troops, by whom every hazardous, every laborious service is performed, are left to perish in garrisons abroad, or pine in quarters at home, neglected and forgotten.
Page 43 - 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.
Page 297 - Governor; the whole are the proceedings of a tumultuous and riotous rabble, who ought, if they had the least prudence, to follow their mercantile employment, and not trouble themselves with politics and government, which they do not understand. Some gentlemen say, ' Oh, don't break their charter ; don't take away rights granted them by the predecessors of the Crown.