A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the Case of John Wilkes, Esq: Late Member for Aylesbury, in the County of Bucks..Chez J.W. imprimeur, rue du Colombier Fauxburgh, St. Germain, à l'hotel de Saxe., 1767 - Great Britain - 272 pages |
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Page 117
... declar'd the Peace would be no less honour- able than profitable , folid , and , in all human probability , permanent . Were the House of Commons ferious in this Addrefs , which was drawn up and prefented , even before any one of the ...
... declar'd the Peace would be no less honour- able than profitable , folid , and , in all human probability , permanent . Were the House of Commons ferious in this Addrefs , which was drawn up and prefented , even before any one of the ...
Page 120
... declar'd that it contains ? Are thefe expreffions most manifeftly tending to alienate the Affections of the People from His Majefty The Majority , who cou'd vote this , feem equally fuperior to any regard for truth , or modeft fear of ...
... declar'd that it contains ? Are thefe expreffions most manifeftly tending to alienate the Affections of the People from His Majefty The Majority , who cou'd vote this , feem equally fuperior to any regard for truth , or modeft fear of ...
Page 139
... state , Mr. Wood , THE SEIZURE OF PAPERS , except in cafes of High Treafon , has been declar'd ILLEGAL . When I reflect on thefe two moft im- portant determinations in favour of liberty , the best cause , and the nobleft ftake , for ( 139 )
... state , Mr. Wood , THE SEIZURE OF PAPERS , except in cafes of High Treafon , has been declar'd ILLEGAL . When I reflect on thefe two moft im- portant determinations in favour of liberty , the best cause , and the nobleft ftake , for ( 139 )
Page 166
... declar'd in Par- liament the strongest attachment to Lord Temple , one of the greatest characters our country cou'd ever boast , and said he wou'd live and die with his noble brother . He has receiv'd obligations of the first magnitude ...
... declar'd in Par- liament the strongest attachment to Lord Temple , one of the greatest characters our country cou'd ever boast , and said he wou'd live and die with his noble brother . He has receiv'd obligations of the first magnitude ...
Page 168
... declar'd in Parliament want- ed wisdom , and held principles incompatible with freedom ; a moft ridiculous character furely for a statesman , and the subject of a free kingdom , but the very proper com- pofition for a favourite . Was it ...
... declar'd in Parliament want- ed wisdom , and held principles incompatible with freedom ; a moft ridiculous character furely for a statesman , and the subject of a free kingdom , but the very proper com- pofition for a favourite . Was it ...
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Page 195 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 20 - His lordship paid me the highest encomiums on my courage, and said he would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might now be good friends, and retire to the Inn to drink a bottle of claret together, which we did with great good humour and much laugh.
Page 22 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 192 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country}.
Page 156 - I wish, my lord, to owe this to the mercy of my Prince. I entreat your grace to lay me with all humility at the King's feet...
Page 157 - I implore, and in every thing fubmit to, his Majefty's clemency. ' Your grace's noble manner of thinking, and the * obligations I have formerly received, which are ftill...
Page 53 - The North Briton," in which I have been named or even alluded to, was written by...
Page 28 - Wilkes, esq. herewith sent you, for being the author and publisher of a most infamous and seditious libel, intitled, The North Briton, No. 45, tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government...
Page 13 - I, which had affronted his honour? He would know; he insisted on a direct answer ; here were his pistols. I replied that he would soon use them ; that I desired to know by what right his lordship catechised me about a paper which did not bear my name ; that I...
Page 77 - I heard a gentleman taking him to taflc, upon his vowing revenge on you or your fervant ; upon which I told the gentleman a fmall part of what I knew, and he put him in the hands of two watchmen, and ordered him to the round-houfe ; but at the corner of Great George-ftreet, I am told, he was refcued, and ran away.