A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the Case of John Wilkes, Esq: Late Member for Aylesbury, in the County of Bucks..Chez J.W. imprimeur, rue du Colombier Fauxburgh, St. Germain, à l'hotel de Saxe., 1767 - 272 páginas |
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... Lord Chatham . I then beg'd Mr. Fitzherbert to state the reasons , which made it impoffible for me to follow that advice , from every principle of ho- nour , both public and private . I fhew'd too the impropriety of fupplicating a ...
... Lord Chatham . I then beg'd Mr. Fitzherbert to state the reasons , which made it impoffible for me to follow that advice , from every principle of ho- nour , both public and private . I fhew'd too the impropriety of fupplicating a ...
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... Lord Chatham : I do nothing with- out Lord Chatham . When I found that my pardon was to be bought with the fa- crifice of my honour , I had the virtue not to hefitate . I fpurn'd at the propofal , and left my dear native London with a ...
... Lord Chatham : I do nothing with- out Lord Chatham . When I found that my pardon was to be bought with the fa- crifice of my honour , I had the virtue not to hefitate . I fpurn'd at the propofal , and left my dear native London with a ...
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... Lord Chatham , be- cause I wou'd not leave a doubt concern- ing the propriety of my conduct , in a mind naturally fo candid , and fo capable of judging truly , as that of the Duke of Grafton . I believe that the flinty heart of Lord Chatham ...
... Lord Chatham , be- cause I wou'd not leave a doubt concern- ing the propriety of my conduct , in a mind naturally fo candid , and fo capable of judging truly , as that of the Duke of Grafton . I believe that the flinty heart of Lord Chatham ...
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... Lord Chatham declar'd in Par- liament the strongest attachment to Lord Temple , one of the greatest characters our country cou'd ever boast , and said he wou'd live and die with his noble brother . He has receiv'd obligations of the ...
... Lord Chatham declar'd in Par- liament the strongest attachment to Lord Temple , one of the greatest characters our country cou'd ever boast , and said he wou'd live and die with his noble brother . He has receiv'd obligations of the ...
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... Lord Chatham ? I am the first to pro- nounce myself most unworthy of a pardon , if I cou'd have obtain'd it on those terms . Although I declare , my Lord , that the confcious pride of virtue makes me look down with contempt on a man ...
... Lord Chatham ? I am the first to pro- nounce myself most unworthy of a pardon , if I cou'd have obtain'd it on those terms . Although I declare , my Lord , that the confcious pride of virtue makes me look down with contempt on a man ...
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Página 195 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Página 20 - His lordship paid me the highest encomiums on my courage, and said he would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might now be good friends, and retire to the Inn to drink a bottle of claret together, which we did with great good humour and much laugh.
Página 22 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Página 192 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country}.
Página 156 - I wish, my lord, to owe this to the mercy of my Prince. I entreat your grace to lay me with all humility at the King's feet...
Página 157 - I implore, and in every thing fubmit to, his Majefty's clemency. ' Your grace's noble manner of thinking, and the * obligations I have formerly received, which are ftill...
Página 53 - The North Briton," in which I have been named or even alluded to, was written by...
Página 28 - 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...
Página 13 - I, which had affronted his honour? He would know; he insisted on a direct answer ; here were his pistols. I replied that he would soon use them ; that I desired to know by what right his lordship catechised me about a paper which did not bear my name ; that I...
Página 77 - I heard a gentleman taking him to taflc, upon his vowing revenge on you or your fervant ; upon which I told the gentleman a fmall part of what I knew, and he put him in the hands of two watchmen, and ordered him to the round-houfe ; but at the corner of Great George-ftreet, I am told, he was refcued, and ran away.