A Critical Enquiry Regarding the Real Author of the Letters of Junius: Proving Them to Have Been Written by Lord Viscount SackvilleW. Phillips, 1825 - 382 pages |
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... Lordship's health was declining when Junius was in full possession of his bodily and mental fa- culties , and he expired in the 80th year of his age , a short time before Mr. Woodfall and Junius concluded their correspondence . Lord ...
... Lordship's health was declining when Junius was in full possession of his bodily and mental fa- culties , and he expired in the 80th year of his age , a short time before Mr. Woodfall and Junius concluded their correspondence . Lord ...
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... Lordship in terms of op- probrium and contempt . On referring to his correspondence with George Montague , Esq . General Conway , the Rev. Dr. Cole , & c . we find that during the period when Junius was so closely occupied in writing ...
... Lordship in terms of op- probrium and contempt . On referring to his correspondence with George Montague , Esq . General Conway , the Rev. Dr. Cole , & c . we find that during the period when Junius was so closely occupied in writing ...
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... Lordship was the person to whom the Letters were first attributed , and that his Lordship had the reputation of possessing literary talents and habits . It is known that Sir William Draper at first divided his suspicions of the ...
... Lordship was the person to whom the Letters were first attributed , and that his Lordship had the reputation of possessing literary talents and habits . It is known that Sir William Draper at first divided his suspicions of the ...
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... pro- ceed from the pen of Junius . I do not offer this extract , containing Mr. Butler's private opinion , as any demonstration in support of his Lordship's claims , although it is in itself much to the xiv PREFATORY REMARKS .
... pro- ceed from the pen of Junius . I do not offer this extract , containing Mr. Butler's private opinion , as any demonstration in support of his Lordship's claims , although it is in itself much to the xiv PREFATORY REMARKS .
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... Lordship's hand - writing when Secretary of State , which is affixed to an official document preserved among his valuable collection of Autographs . To Mr. G. Woodfall I have also to present my thanks for his politeness in answering my ...
... Lordship's hand - writing when Secretary of State , which is affixed to an official document preserved among his valuable collection of Autographs . To Mr. G. Woodfall I have also to present my thanks for his politeness in answering my ...
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