The Letters of JuliusW. Sams, 1821 - 188 pages |
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... duty , instead of tolerating this perversion of terms , in- stead of contributing to put arms into our enemy's hand , to resist it with all our power . A thorough - paced disturber has as much claim to the title of patriot , as an alien ...
... duty , instead of tolerating this perversion of terms , in- stead of contributing to put arms into our enemy's hand , to resist it with all our power . A thorough - paced disturber has as much claim to the title of patriot , as an alien ...
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... duties could so unjustly and ungratefully expose them to the terrible effects of Parliamentary censure . The instant this feeling should pervade the body , every barrier to revolution and massacre would be thrown down , and the march of ...
... duties could so unjustly and ungratefully expose them to the terrible effects of Parliamentary censure . The instant this feeling should pervade the body , every barrier to revolution and massacre would be thrown down , and the march of ...
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... duty amongst us , will arrive here before you run " the liar's gauntlet " below , I know not ; but be assured , as you are a special delinquent , a special muster wil ! be arranged for your reception . Recollect too , that below you ...
... duty amongst us , will arrive here before you run " the liar's gauntlet " below , I know not ; but be assured , as you are a special delinquent , a special muster wil ! be arranged for your reception . Recollect too , that below you ...
Page 69
... duty into an unequal distribution of that justice which it is their pride and their glory to render impartial , yet I am bold to vindicate them by declaring , that neither the station , " nor though he please to add " the character " of ...
... duty into an unequal distribution of that justice which it is their pride and their glory to render impartial , yet I am bold to vindicate them by declaring , that neither the station , " nor though he please to add " the character " of ...
Page 71
... State , of less than two sheets , I was more to the regular newspaper duty . astonished at the extravagantly absurd alle- gation of Earl Grey , as to the intended ope- ration of this clause , than at all the newspa- 71.
... State , of less than two sheets , I was more to the regular newspaper duty . astonished at the extravagantly absurd alle- gation of Earl Grey , as to the intended ope- ration of this clause , than at all the newspa- 71.
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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...