The Letters of JuliusW. Sams, 1821 - 188 pages |
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... equally useful in the natural and intellectual world ; and that it is necessary that there should be a mixture of abuse and imperfection in the institus tions which men frame , as that there should be a portion of impurity in the air ...
... equally useful in the natural and intellectual world ; and that it is necessary that there should be a mixture of abuse and imperfection in the institus tions which men frame , as that there should be a portion of impurity in the air ...
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... equally entitled . Your opponents would grant you some degree of applause for the very determination with which you have laboured to oust them from their post , were it not for the trickery and meanness which have been its peculiar ...
... equally entitled . Your opponents would grant you some degree of applause for the very determination with which you have laboured to oust them from their post , were it not for the trickery and meanness which have been its peculiar ...
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... equally anoma- lous couples , twins in popularity : if thanks are voted to the one , they are a mere nullity unless so framed as to embrace the other . A simple fact will corroberate the propriety of my con- clusions as to what the ...
... equally anoma- lous couples , twins in popularity : if thanks are voted to the one , they are a mere nullity unless so framed as to embrace the other . A simple fact will corroberate the propriety of my con- clusions as to what the ...
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... defence . Because a blasphemer who vio- lates some positive enactment can yet be im- mured in jail , more insidious reptiles , who , shiel ding themselves under the too great laxness of the laws , equally contrive to effect the most 26.
... defence . Because a blasphemer who vio- lates some positive enactment can yet be im- mured in jail , more insidious reptiles , who , shiel ding themselves under the too great laxness of the laws , equally contrive to effect the most 26.
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of the laws , equally contrive to effect the most diabolical wickedess , and escape its merited reward , are to be left at large to prey upon principle and be re - invigorated by success . Because our imperishable Magna Charta still ...
of the laws , equally contrive to effect the most diabolical wickedess , and escape its merited reward , are to be left at large to prey upon principle and be re - invigorated by success . Because our imperishable Magna Charta still ...
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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.
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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...