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Pagina viii
... allowed liberty of speech to the members of parliament themselves , and was fully as tyrannical in disposition as his predecessor on the throne ; but , happily for the English nation , he was tied and bound by the strong fetters of law ...
... allowed liberty of speech to the members of parliament themselves , and was fully as tyrannical in disposition as his predecessor on the throne ; but , happily for the English nation , he was tied and bound by the strong fetters of law ...
Pagina 1
... allowed . The allegations in this petition were confirmed by another , from one of the provinces supplied by the colony of Con- necticut . Another petition was presented by the agent for South Ca- rolina , setting forth , that unless ...
... allowed . The allegations in this petition were confirmed by another , from one of the provinces supplied by the colony of Con- necticut . Another petition was presented by the agent for South Ca- rolina , setting forth , that unless ...
Pagina 2
Samuel Johnson. province were allowed to be exported , the colony must be ruined by the irretrievable loss of their whole trade , as the countries now supplied from thence might easily procure rice from the French settlements , already ...
Samuel Johnson. province were allowed to be exported , the colony must be ruined by the irretrievable loss of their whole trade , as the countries now supplied from thence might easily procure rice from the French settlements , already ...
Pagina 13
... allowed to sell bread to another . There is , indeed , sir , a possibility that the liberty for which I contend , may be used to wicked purposes , and that some men may be incited by poverty or avarice to carry the enemy those ...
... allowed to sell bread to another . There is , indeed , sir , a possibility that the liberty for which I contend , may be used to wicked purposes , and that some men may be incited by poverty or avarice to carry the enemy those ...
Pagina 16
... allowed to the administration , of whom it has been for many years the hard fate , to hear their actions censured only because they were not the actions of others , and to be represented as traitors to their country for doing always ...
... allowed to the administration , of whom it has been for many years the hard fate , to hear their actions censured only because they were not the actions of others , and to be represented as traitors to their country for doing always ...
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Pagina 331 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Pagina 150 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Pagina 331 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and become more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Pagina 331 - I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery. I will exert my endeavours, at whatever hazard, to repel the aggressor, and drag the thief to justice, whoever may protect them in their villainy, and whoever may partake of their plunder.
Pagina 331 - ... to please this gentleman, I shall not lay myself under any restraint, nor very solicitously copy his diction or his mien, however matured by age or modelled by experience.
Pagina 249 - Parliament for the encouragement and increase of seamen, and for the better and speedier manning of her Majesty's fleet...
Pagina 331 - Men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the Purpose for which some Gentlemen appear to speak, that of depreciating the Conduct of the Administration, to prove the Inconveniences and Injustice of this Bill, than barely to assert them, with whatever Magnificence of Language, or Appearance of Zeal, Honesty, or Compassion.
Pagina 331 - No diversity of opinion can justify the violation of decency, and the use of rude and virulent expressions, dictated only by resentment, and uttered without regard to
Pagina 331 - ... resentment,— age, which always brings one privilege, that of being insolent and supercilious without punishment. But with regard, sir, to those whom I have offended, I am of opinion that if I had acted a borrowed part, I should have avoided their censure. The heat that offended them is the ardour of conviction, and that zeal for the service of my country which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress.
Pagina 331 - ... but their own, and with making laws only to consume paper, and threatened them with the defection of their adherents, and the loss of their influence, upon this new discovery of their folly and their ignorance.