The Letters of Junius ...: With Notes and Illustrations, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Critical, Volume 2Samuel F. Bradford, no. 4, South Third-street, H. Maxwell, printer., 1804 |
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abuse administration affirm appear argument assertion attack authority bail bailable best of Princes British cause character charge conduct constitution contempt Court of King's crown daring declared defence doctrine Duke of Grafton Duke of Portland duty Earl eloquence endeavours England English exertions fact favour fortune friends honour Horne Horne's House of Commons illegal Jacobites judge JUNIUS JUNIUS's jury justice King King's Bench labour law of parliament legislature Letter liberty London Lord Bute Lord Camden Lord Chatham Lord Holland Lord Mansfield Lord North Majesty mean measures ment Middlesex election minister ministry never North Briton occasion offence opinion opposition parliamentary party patriotism person Pitt and Grenville political Prince principles printers privilege proceedings prosecution question racter reason resolution ridicule Rockingham Sheriffs shew Sir James Lowther Sovereign spirit supposed talents tion truth virtue Whiggism whole Wilkes Wilkes's zeal
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Page 71 - The people of England are loyal to the House of Hanover, not from a vain preference of one family to another, but from a conviction that the establishment of that family was necessary to the support of their civil and religious liberties.
Page 123 - To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce Lie still, without a fee; when every word Your worship but lets fall, is a cecchine!
Page 45 - King can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance. We separate the amiable, good-natured prince from the folly and treachery of his servants, and the private virtues of the man from the vices of his government. Were it not for this just distinction, I know not whether your Majesty's condition, or that of the English nation, would deserve most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth, by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach.
Page 41 - SIR, IT is the misfortune of your life, and originally the cause of every reproach and distress which has attended your government, that you should never have been acquainted with the language of truth until you heard it in the complaints of your people.
Page 39 - ... when, instead of sinking into submission, they are roused to resistance, the time will soon arrive, at which every inferior consideration must yield to the security of the sovereign, and to the general safety of the state. There is a moment of difficulty and danger, at which flattery and falsehood can no longer deceive, and simplicity itself can no longer be misled.
Page 150 - The Roman code, the law of nations, and the opinion of foreign civilians, are your perpetual theme; but who ever heard you mention Magna Charta, or the Bill of Rights, with approbation or respect ? By such treacherous arts, the noble simplicity and free spirit of our Saxon laws were first corrupted.
Page 47 - To honour them with a determined predilection and confidence, in exclusion of your English subjects, who placed your family, and, in spite of treachery and rebellion, have supported it upon the throne, is a mistake too gross even for the unsuspecting generosity of youth.
Page 44 - We are far from thinking you capable of a direct, deliberate purpose to invade those original rights of your subjects on which all their civil and political liberties depend. Had it been possible for us to entertain a suspicion so...
Page 71 - The Prince who imitates their conduct, should be warned by their example; and, while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember, that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another.
Page 148 - Your zeal in the cause of an unhappy Prince was expressed with the sincerity of wine, and some of the solemnities of religion.* This, I conceive, is the most amiable point of view in which your character has appeared. Like an honest man, you took that part in politics which might have been expected from your birth, education, country, and connections.