Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... furely seasonable , and that they were juft , the House had reason to determine , as he had confeffed him- felf , at the bar , the author of the libel which they term feditious , and was convicted in the King's Bench of both the ...
... furely seasonable , and that they were juft , the House had reason to determine , as he had confeffed him- felf , at the bar , the author of the libel which they term feditious , and was convicted in the King's Bench of both the ...
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... furely without effect , to alienate the affections of the people from the only king , who , for almoft a century , has much appeared to defire , or much endeavoured to deferve them . They have infulted him with rudeness and with menaces ...
... furely without effect , to alienate the affections of the people from the only king , who , for almoft a century , has much appeared to defire , or much endeavoured to deferve them . They have infulted him with rudeness and with menaces ...
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... furely is a fufficient answer to the feudal gabble of a man who is every day leffening that fplendour of character which once illuminated the kingdom , then dazzled , and afterwards inflamed it ; and for whom it will be happy if the ...
... furely is a fufficient answer to the feudal gabble of a man who is every day leffening that fplendour of character which once illuminated the kingdom , then dazzled , and afterwards inflamed it ; and for whom it will be happy if the ...
Page 92
... furely not too much to expect , that the nation will recover from its de- lufion , and unite in a general abhorrence of those who , by deceiving the credulous with fictitious mif- chiefs , overbearing the weak by audacity of falfe- hood ...
... furely not too much to expect , that the nation will recover from its de- lufion , and unite in a general abhorrence of those who , by deceiving the credulous with fictitious mif- chiefs , overbearing the weak by audacity of falfe- hood ...
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... nature spreads before them , or to carry their own goods to the neareft market : and furely the generosity of English virtue will never . heap heap new weight upon those that are already over- laden TAXATION NO TYRANNY . 95.
... nature spreads before them , or to carry their own goods to the neareft market : and furely the generosity of English virtue will never . heap heap new weight upon those that are already over- laden TAXATION NO TYRANNY . 95.
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