The Letters of JuliusW. Sams, 1821 - 188 pages |
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... consequence , we leave the breach unre- paired --- the embankment forced . Since the more violent attacks of the disease are intermittent , we are continually sur- prised by them , in the midst of what we erroneously suppose re ...
... consequence , we leave the breach unre- paired --- the embankment forced . Since the more violent attacks of the disease are intermittent , we are continually sur- prised by them , in the midst of what we erroneously suppose re ...
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... to , I attempted to display to you the dangerous consequences of instituting the inquiry you urged ; in this , I 32 To the same on the monstrous absurdities constitutional dangers this extraordinary quiry would give birth to.
... to , I attempted to display to you the dangerous consequences of instituting the inquiry you urged ; in this , I 32 To the same on the monstrous absurdities constitutional dangers this extraordinary quiry would give birth to.
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... consequence support . What then , it may be asked , does the mass of your declamation go to prove ? Not like you , gentlemen , guiltless of telling the truth , I am impelled to protest it simply suggests the reverse of your demand . You ...
... consequence support . What then , it may be asked , does the mass of your declamation go to prove ? Not like you , gentlemen , guiltless of telling the truth , I am impelled to protest it simply suggests the reverse of your demand . You ...
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... consequence , be much worse than himself , if they continue to give him their countenance and support . To expect truth of such a repro- bate is to ask righteousness of the Devil . Having shewn how neatly the Times - serving Editor closed ...
... consequence , be much worse than himself , if they continue to give him their countenance and support . To expect truth of such a repro- bate is to ask righteousness of the Devil . Having shewn how neatly the Times - serving Editor closed ...
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... consequences , especially in the temper of the nation , as the spirit of rebellion still remained unsubdued . " Thus spake a Peer of the realm in 1716 , immediately after the accession of George the First . For this Nobleman's ...
... consequences , especially in the temper of the nation , as the spirit of rebellion still remained unsubdued . " Thus spake a Peer of the realm in 1716 , immediately after the accession of George the First . For this Nobleman's ...
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Page 118 - Separating the duty of a patriot from that of an advocate, he must go on, reckless of consequences, though it should be his unhappy fate to involve his country in confusion.
Page 130 - On the tenth day of April, the duke of Devonshire represented, in the house of lords, that triennial elections served to keep up party divisions; .to raise and foment feuds in private families ; to produce ruinous expenses, and give occasion to the cabals and intrigues of foreign princes ; that it became the wisdom of such an august assembly, to apply proper remedies to an evil that might be attended with the most dangerous consequences, especially in the present temper of the nation, as the spirit...
Page 86 - Justice would be to calumniate that sacred name ; and for me to suppress an expression of my opinion on the subject, would be tacitly to lend myself to my own destruction, as well as to an imposition upon the nation and the world. In the House of Commons I can discover no better grounds of security.
Page 180 - Middlesex, baronet, being a seditious, malicious, and ill-disposed person, and unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to raise and excite discontent, disaffection, and sedition among the liege subjects of our lord the present king, and amongst the soldiers of our said lord the king, and to move and excite the liege subjects of our said lord the king...
Page 85 - ... revilers, and traitors had not abounded. Your Court became much less a scene of polished manners and refined intercourse than of low intrigue and scurrility.
Page 16 - Commons had pronounced the measure " disappointing to the hopes of parliament, derogatory to the dignity of the crown, and injurious to the best interests of the empire...
Page 120 - My lords, I call upon you to pause. You stand on the brink of a precipice. You may go on in your precipitate career — you may pronounce against your Queen, but it will be the last judgment you ever will pronounce.
Page 8 - The sending down of the green bag is equivalent to the finding of a true bill by a grand jury. The...
Page 121 - Queen, but it will he the last judgment you will ever pronounce. Her persecutors will fail in their object, and the ruin with which they seek to cover the Queen, will return to overwhelm themselves. Save the country, my Lords, from the horrors that await it— save yourselves from impending...