A New and Impartial Collection of Interesting Letters: From the Public Papers; Many of Them Written by Persons of Eminence, on a Great Variety of Important Subjects, which Have Occasionally Engaged the Public Attention: from the Accession of His Present Majesty, in September 1765, to May 1767, Հատոր 2J. Almon, 1767 |
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Արդյունքներ 78–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... prove fatal to the public , as the living beyond their income does to private families . Yet , like true fportsmen , we have not the refolution to look into our own affairs ; and if our stewards raife us fufficient for our prefent occa ...
... prove fatal to the public , as the living beyond their income does to private families . Yet , like true fportsmen , we have not the refolution to look into our own affairs ; and if our stewards raife us fufficient for our prefent occa ...
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... prove ftill more acceptable . Several wife laws have been framed for the firft- mentioned purpose * . But hitherto the dexterity of fome men has enabled them to be the evaders or defeaters of them all . The 8th and 9th of William III ...
... prove ftill more acceptable . Several wife laws have been framed for the firft- mentioned purpose * . But hitherto the dexterity of fome men has enabled them to be the evaders or defeaters of them all . The 8th and 9th of William III ...
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... prove to the fatisfaction of the whole world , that it is not the thing done , but the bow , and the why , and the when , and by whom it is done , that confti- tutes the CRIMINALITY and offence ! He has inveighed against PENSIONERS , it ...
... prove to the fatisfaction of the whole world , that it is not the thing done , but the bow , and the why , and the when , and by whom it is done , that confti- tutes the CRIMINALITY and offence ! He has inveighed against PENSIONERS , it ...
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... prove fatal to ourfelves ? Like Pyrrhus we may be undone by our victories ; or like Gafton de Foix we may purfue a vanquished enemy , till we alfo fall in the field . I do not take upon me to fay , that it is impoffi- ble to raise even ...
... prove fatal to ourfelves ? Like Pyrrhus we may be undone by our victories ; or like Gafton de Foix we may purfue a vanquished enemy , till we alfo fall in the field . I do not take upon me to fay , that it is impoffi- ble to raise even ...
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... prove which , and in what manner , they are mifrepre- fented . It is a juftice which is due to the pub- lic , who ought not , nor fhall not , be impofed upon with falle affertions , or evafive plausibilities . Is it not notorious that ...
... prove which , and in what manner , they are mifrepre- fented . It is a juftice which is due to the pub- lic , who ought not , nor fhall not , be impofed upon with falle affertions , or evafive plausibilities . Is it not notorious that ...
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Common terms and phrases
adminiſtration affert againſt anfwer Anti-Sejanus becauſe beſt Bute cafe caufe cauſe confequence confideration confidered conftitution court crown defire Earl Engliſh eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame favour Favourite fecretary fecurity feems feized fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpeech fpirit friends ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fure gentlemen greateſt Habeas Corpus higheſt himſelf honour houfe houſe iffued intereft itſelf John Wilkes judges juft juftice jury king king's laft laſt late leaft leaſt lefs letter libel liberty lord Lord Bute majefty majefty's meaſures member of parliament ment minifters miniftry moft moſt muft muſt nation neceffary never North Briton obferve occafion opinion oppofition papers parliament peace perfon Pitt prefent privilege Pruffia purpoſe queſtion raiſed reafon refpect reign reprefented Sejanus ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſe warrant whofe Wilkes's
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Էջ 97 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...
Էջ 87 - Wilkes, esq. herewith sent you, for being the author and publisher of a most infamous and seditious libel, intitled, The North Briton, No. 45, tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government...
Էջ 15 - I have explained these matters only for the honour of truth, not in any view to court return of confidence from any man, who, with a credulity as weak as it is injurious, has thought fit...
Էջ 99 - THINK it my duty to lay before the houfe a ' few facts, which have occured fince our laft ' meeting, becaufe, in my humble opinion, (which * I fhall always fubmit to this houfe) the rights of * all the Commons of England, and the privileges ' of parliament have, in my perfon, been highly
Էջ 347 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Էջ 209 - ... those who have the distribution of it in their hands ; when a judge is capable of being influenced by any thing but law, or a cause may be recommended by any thing that is foreign to its own merits, we may venture to pronounce that such a nation is hastening to its ruin.
Էջ 15 - I am sure no gentleman will contradict. A difference of opinion, with regard to measures to be taken against Spain, of the highest importance to the honour of the Crown, and to the most essential national interests, and this founded on what Spain had already done, not on what that court may farther intend to do, was the cause of my resigning the seals.
Էջ 89 - Webb, efq; refufed as before. On the morning of Monday, the fecond of May, the court of common pleas ordered a return to their writ of Habeas Corpus, which return not then appearing to the court to be fufficient, the court ordered, that the faid return...
Էջ 272 - ... thoughts; but knowing how much you approve an open and ingenuous proceeding, I...
Էջ 343 - Despenser; and the church he has just • • built on the top of a hill, for the convenience and devotion of the town at the bottom of it.