The Identity of Junius with a Distinguished Living Character Established: Including the Supplement, Consisting of Fac-similies of Hand-writing and Other IllustrationsKirk & Mercein, 1818 - 300 páginas An attempt to identify Junius with Sir Philip Francis. |
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... possessed by that cha- racter . It is a warmth which does but burnish all his other virtues . His heart is warm , his judg- ment is cool , and the latter of these features none will deny , except those , who have not examined , or wish ...
... possessed by that cha- racter . It is a warmth which does but burnish all his other virtues . His heart is warm , his judg- ment is cool , and the latter of these features none will deny , except those , who have not examined , or wish ...
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... possessed . But this , per- haps , in the estimation of some persons , may not sufficiently mark that actual course ... possessing these advantages ; but when that instructor was also the father , his advice , experience , and example ...
... possessed . But this , per- haps , in the estimation of some persons , may not sufficiently mark that actual course ... possessing these advantages ; but when that instructor was also the father , his advice , experience , and example ...
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... possessed . His precision in stating the minute particulars of many transactions , and his scrupulous regard to dates , declare his in- formation to have been recorded while it was yet fresh in his memory . This is observable in his ...
... possessed . His precision in stating the minute particulars of many transactions , and his scrupulous regard to dates , declare his in- formation to have been recorded while it was yet fresh in his memory . This is observable in his ...
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... possessed it , they would still have done essential service to the country . Besides , it is not designed that every sarcasm , much less the censures often justly cast on men in power , should have been suppressed ; -much , in- deed ...
... possessed it , they would still have done essential service to the country . Besides , it is not designed that every sarcasm , much less the censures often justly cast on men in power , should have been suppressed ; -much , in- deed ...
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... possessing the talents , industry , and opportunities , of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS . From the year 1763 , he tells us himself , that he held a " sta- tion of great trust in the War - office . " It was a place requiring constant attendance ...
... possessing the talents , industry , and opportunities , of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS . From the year 1763 , he tells us himself , that he held a " sta- tion of great trust in the War - office . " It was a place requiring constant attendance ...
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acquainted admit affirm Almon appears boroughs Bradshaw Burke cause Chamier conduct constitution crown declared doubt Duke of Grafton duty Earl endeavour English equal evidence expressed fact Falkland Island favour FRANCIS's Garrick George Grenville give Grenville hand-writing honour House of Commons House of Lords India instance judge JUNIUS and Sir king king's language Letter to Wilkes Letter to Woodfall Letters of JUNIUS liberty Lord Barrington Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord Mansfield Lord North lordships March ment ministers ministry nation never noble lord observed occasion opinion Parliament Parliamentary Debates passage person political possessed power without right Preliminary Essay present principles printer Private Letter proceedings proof Public Advertiser question reason respect says Secretary at War sentiments shew signature Sir PHILIP FRANCIS speak Speech continued State's office style thing thought tion VETERAN Vide War-office words writer
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Página 37 - But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise ; neither do the aged understand judgment.
Página 88 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Página 45 - 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.
Página 307 - Those iron barons (for so I may call them when compared with the silken barons of modern days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present. A breach has been made in the constitution — the battlements are dismantled — the citadel is open to the first invader — the walls totter — the constitution is not tenable. What remains then, but for us to stand foremost in the breach, to repair it, or perish in it...
Página 336 - The riches of Asia have been poured in upon us, and have brought with them not only Asiatic luxury, but, I fear, Asiatic principles of government. Without connections, without any natural interest in the soil, the importers of foreign gold have forced their way into Parliament by such a torrent of private corruption as no private hereditary fortune could resist.
Página 293 - Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend [Lord Lyttleton] has truly described it, Res detestabilis et caduca.
Página 277 - If an honest, and, I may truly affirm, a laborious zeal for the public service, has given me any weight in your esteem, let me exhort and conjure you, never to suffer an invasion of your political constitution, however minute the instance may appear, to pass by, without a determined persevering resistance. One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate, and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, to-day is doctrine. Examples are supposed to justify the most dangerous measures; and where they...
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Página 292 - My lords, I thought the slavish doctrine of passive obedience had long since been exploded; and. when our kings were obliged to confess that their title to the crown, and the rule of their government, had no other foundation than the known laws of the land, I never expected to hear a divine right, or a divine infallibility, attributed to any other branch of the legislature.