 | Edmund Burke - History - 1839 - 964 pages
...apprehend that the expressions used by us in a letter addressed to your Lordship, on the 18th instant, may appear vague and ambiguous. "Our intention, my...guilty, whereby to avoid the necessity of a trial ; and that to give, as far as in our power, tranquillity to the country; but whilst we were thus disposed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1839 - 1184 pages
...apprehend that the expressions used by us in a letter addressed to your Lordship, on the 18th instant, may appear vague and ambiguous. "Our intention, my...guilty, whereby to avoid the necessity of a trial; and that to give, as far as in our power, tranquillity to the country; but whilst we were thus disposed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...was distinctly to avow, that in pursuit of objects dear to the great mass of our population, we look a part that has eventuated in a charge of high treason....guilty, whereby to avoid the necessity of a trial, and that to give as far as in our power tranquillity to the country ; but whilst we were thus disposed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1839 - 666 pages
...in pursuit of objects dear to the great mass of our population, we took a part that has etenluated in a charge of high treason. ' We professed our willingness...guilty, whereby to avoid the necessity of a trial, and that to give as far as in our power tranquillity to the country ; but whilst we were thus disposed... | |
 | Robert Christie - Québec (Province) - 1854 - 440 pages
...that the expressions used by us in a letter which we addressed to your Lordship on the 18th instant, may appear vague and ambiguous. Our intention, my...treason. We professed our willingness to plead guilty, thereby to avoid the necessity of a trial, and thus to give, as far as in our power, tranquillity to... | |
 | Robert Christie - Québec (Province) - 1866 - 464 pages
...Pi" Our intention, my Lord, was distinctly to avovv thai in pursuit of bbjecis de«rtothe grcatmass of our population, we took a part that has eventuated...in a charge of high treason . • '' We professed onr willingness to plead guilty, whereby to avoid the necessi ty of at rial, a nd t hat to give 113... | |
 | Sir Herbert Maxwell - Great Britain - 1910 - 452 pages
...Canadians lying in Montreal gaol had written to the Lord High Commissioner acknowledging " that, in the pursuit of objects dear to the great mass of our population,...that has eventuated in a charge of high treason," and throwing themselves upon his mercy, " that the peace of the country may not be endangered by a... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1839 - 602 pages
...June 25. ' My Lord, — We have some reason to apprehend that the expressions used by us in a letter addressed to your Lordship on the 18th inst. may appear...guilty, whereby to avoid the necessity of a trial, and that to give as far as in our power tranquillity to the country ; but whilst we were thus disposed... | |
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My Lord, — We have some reason to apprehend that the expressions used by us in a letter addressed to your Lordship, on the 18th instant, may appear vague and ambiguous. "Our intention, my Lord, was distinctly to avow that, in pursuit of objects dear... 