 | John Adolphus - 1802 - 626 էջ
...the minilters, who had can fed the evil, but little protection. What the law of the land could not, the law of nature would accomplish; the people would inevitably take up arms; and the firft characters in the kingdom would be feen in the ranks •!" LORD GEOR«E GORDON, whofe intemperate... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1802 - 630 էջ
...the minillers, who had caufed the evil, but little protection. What the law of the land could not, the law of nature would accomplish; the people would inevitably take up arms; and the firft characters in the kingdom would be feen in the ranks !" LORD GEORGE GORDON, whofe intemperate... | |
 | Charles James Fox - 1815 - 520 էջ
...(Mr. T. Townshend) that there was treachery at the bottom of the national councils. The noble lord might flatter himself as much as he pleased in the...reign of our great deliverer, the immortal William the Third, he turned his observations to the state of Ireland, which he said at present afforded one... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 էջ
...afford the ministers who had caused the evil but little protection. What the law of the land could not, the law of nature would accomplish — the people...the first characters in the kingdom would be seen iu the ranks. Lord CHAP. I.] [BOOK I. North indignantly replied to this charge of treachery, which,... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 638 էջ
...ministers, who had caused the evil, but little " protection. What the law of the land could not, " the law of nature would accomplish ; the people " would inevitably take up arms, and the first charac" ters in the kingdom would be seen in the ranks !" Lord George Gordon, whose intemperate fanaticism... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 644 էջ
...ministers, who had caused the evil, but little " protection. What the law of the land could not, " the law of nature would accomplish; the people " would inevitably take up arms, and the first charac" ters in the kingdom would be seen in the ranks !" Lord George Gordon, whose intemperate fanaticism... | |
 | Charles James Fox - 1853 - 900 էջ
...(Mr. T. Townshend) that there was treachery at the bottom of the national counsels. The noble lord might flatter himself as much as he pleased in the...present reign, and contrasting it with the freedom andjglory of this country in the reign of our great deliverer, the immortal William the Third, he turned... | |
 | Jerome R. Reich - 1997 - 206 էջ
...ignorant than those were." Fox went to the extent of predicting that, unless the ministry was turned out, "the people would inevitably take up arms, and the...characters in the kingdom would be seen in their ranks." 2 Fox's remarks on this occasion were made in response to a speech defending the administration by... | |
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... security of the law ; but when a nation was reduced to such a state of wretchedness and distraction that the laws could afford the people no relief, they would afford a minister who had caused the evil but little protection. 