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" ... interest and respect, which he might have acquired, not only in parliament, but through the whole kingdom : — compare these glorious distinctions with the ambition of holding a share in government, the emoluments of a place, the sale of a borough,... "
Junius - Page 166
by Junius - 1797
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Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer Under Other Signatures : to ...

Junius - Great Britain - 1890 - 544 pages
...emoluments of a place, the sale of a borough, or the purchase of a corporation, and though you may not regret the virtues which create respect, you may see...virtuous Duke of Bedford; imagine what he might be if^ this country, then reflect one moment upon what you are. / If it be possible for me to withdraw...
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Calendar, Part 3

University of Calcutta - 1907 - 446 pages
...vengeance. 7- Characterize the style and tone of the letters of Junins. Com- 6: merit on this passage: — Consider the character of an independent virtuous...country, then reflect one moment upon what you are. 8. State the nature of the changes wl'.ich took place in English prose 7." style (a) after the Restoration,...
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Natural Drills in Expression, with Selections: A Series of Exercises ...

Arthur Edward Phillips - Elocution - 1909 - 394 pages
...emoluments of a place, the sale of a borough, or the purchase of a corporation; and, though you may not regret the virtues which create respect, you may see,...Bedford; imagine what he might be in this country. He would never prostitute his dignity in parliament by an indecent violence either in opposing or defending...
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English Satire and Satirists

Hugh Walker - Satire, English - 1925 - 348 pages
...emoluments of a place, the sale of a borough, or the purchase of a corporation; and though you may not regret the virtues, which create respect, you may...country, then reflect one moment upon what you are." Would Burke ever have made the mistake of depreciating, in itself and without qualification, "the ambition...
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The Principles of Rhetoric and English Composition for Japanese ..., Volume 1

W[illiam] D[ouglas]. Cox - 1897 - 212 pages
...consider it as a mockery of your established character, and, perhaps, an insult to your understanding Consider the character of an independent, virtuous...country, then reflect one moment upon what you are." (letters of Junius). 53. Satire is good-humoured Sarcasm. Example ; — (Goldsmith on Johnson's style)....
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The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 38

English essays - 1769 - 750 pages
...loft. Coitfider the character of an independent, virtuous duke of i ; imagine what he might be in fins country, then reflect one moment upon what you are. If it be poflible (or me to withdraw my attention from the I'.ict, I will tell you in theory what fuch a man...
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