Life of Mr. Wilkes. PoemsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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Página 76 - Tis not the applause of a day, 'tis not the huzzas of thousands, that can give a moment's satisfaction to a rational being ; that man's mind must indeed be a weak one, and his ambition of a most depraved sort, who can be captivated by such wretched allurements, or satisfied with such momentary gratifications. I say with the Roman orator, and can say it with as much truth as he did, " Ego hoc animo semper fui ut invidiam virtute partam, gloriam non infamiam putarem.
Página 73 - I shall pass over), open avowed publications, which have been judicially noticed, and may therefore be mentioned, have endeavoured to influence or intimidate the Court, and so prevail upon us to trifle and prevaricate with God, our consciences, and the public.
Página 52 - Conde, fixed your attention, and almost commanded reverence the moment he appeared ; and the keen lightning of his eye spoke the high respect of his soul before his lips had pronounced a syllable. There was a kind of fascination in his look when he eyed any one askance. Nothing could withstand the force of that contagion. The fluent Murray has faltered, and even Fox shrunk back appalled from an adversary ' fraught with fire unquenchable,' if I may borrow an expression of our great Milton.
Página 72 - ... when it was revived ; it is not our fault if there are not any errors upon the record, nor is it in our power to create any if there are none ; we are bound by our oath...
Página 61 - The approbation you have been pleased on several occasions to express of my conduct, induces me to hope that the address I have now the honour of making to you, will not be unfavourably received. The chief merit with you, gentlemen, I know to be a...
Página 78 - ... all civil and political institutions are to be disregarded or overthrown ; a life somewhat more than sixty is not worth preserving at such a price, and he can never die too soon, who lays down his life in support and vindication of the policy, the government, and the constitution of his country.
Página 49 - ... and Mr. Pitt had no doubt his views in even feeding me with flattery from time to time ; on occasions too where candour and indulgence were all I could claim. He may remember the compliments he paid me on two certain poems in the year 1754. If I were to take the declarations made by himself and the late Mr. Potter a la lettre, they were more charmed with those verses after the ninety-ninth reading, than after the first...
Página 77 - But threats have been carried further: personal violence has been denounced, unless public humour be complied with. I do not fear such threats; I don't believe there is any reason to fear them. It is not the genius of the worst of men, in the worst of times, to proceed to such shocking extremities. But if such an event should happen, let it be so; even such an event might be productive of wholesome effects: such a stroke might rouse the better part of the nation from their lethargic condition to...
Página 75 - I have discharged my duty as a public or private character, by endeavouring to preserve pure and perfect the principles of the constitution, maintaining, unsullied, the honour of the courts of justice, and by an upright administration of, to give a due effect to the laws, I have hitherto done it without any other gift or reward than that most pleasing and most honourable one, the conscientious conviction of doing what was right.
Página 89 - ... is a matter originally established, even before there is a parliament A man has a right to his freehold by the common law, and the law having annexed his right of voting to his freehold, it is of the nature of his freehold, and must depend upon it. The same law that gives him his right must defend it for him, and any other power that will pretend to take away his right of voting, may as well pretend to take away the freehold upon which it depends.