A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, Volume 1J.W. Parker and son, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... Lords Further proceedings of Wilkes and the government Theory of libels Popular sympathy for Wilkes 155 156 156 157 . 159 160 . 161 162 162 . 163 164 • 165 166 167 xiv CONTENTS . - CHAP . V. Wilkes yields to PAGE Negotiations with Pitt.
... Lords Further proceedings of Wilkes and the government Theory of libels Popular sympathy for Wilkes 155 156 156 157 . 159 160 . 161 162 162 . 163 164 • 165 166 167 xiv CONTENTS . - CHAP . V. Wilkes yields to PAGE Negotiations with Pitt.
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... Libels - which have tor- mented even the loftiest minds - assailed him with pitiless rancour . On the other hand , the induce- ments held out by office were much diminished . From a poor Scotch lord , to whom the emoluments of a place ...
... Libels - which have tor- mented even the loftiest minds - assailed him with pitiless rancour . On the other hand , the induce- ments held out by office were much diminished . From a poor Scotch lord , to whom the emoluments of a place ...
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... libel . While a latitude of invective , which the par- liamentary decorum of the present time would not tolerate , was permitted and even encouraged by applause in the Great Council of the nation , the law of privilege , as well as the ...
... libel . While a latitude of invective , which the par- liamentary decorum of the present time would not tolerate , was permitted and even encouraged by applause in the Great Council of the nation , the law of privilege , as well as the ...
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... libel , entitled the North Briton , No. 45. ' Under this warrant , forty - nine persons were arrested and detained in custody for several days ; but as it was found that none of them could be brought within the description in the ...
... libel , entitled the North Briton , No. 45. ' Under this warrant , forty - nine persons were arrested and detained in custody for several days ; but as it was found that none of them could be brought within the description in the ...
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... libel came within the purview of the exception , as having a tendency to a breach of the peace ; and upon this perversion of plain law , Wilkes was arrested , and brought before Lord Halifax for examination . The cool and wary demagogue ...
... libel came within the purview of the exception , as having a tendency to a breach of the peace ; and upon this perversion of plain law , Wilkes was arrested , and brought before Lord Halifax for examination . The cool and wary demagogue ...
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Page 273 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 330 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to...
Page 260 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 258 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 408 - That the Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear rate, since they had quitted their native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert.* * " They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a detert,
Page 330 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 60 - He has a kind of unhappiness in his temper, which, if it be not conquered before it has taken too deep a root, will be a source of frequent anxiety. Whenever he is displeased, his anger does not break out with heat and violence ; but he becomes sullen and silent, and retires to his closet ; not to compose his mind by study or contemplation, but merely to indulge the melancholy enjoyment of his own ill-humour. Even when the fit is ended, unfavourable symptoms very frequently return, which indicate...
Page 188 - That this kingdom has the sovereign, the supreme legislative power over America, is granted. It cannot be denied; and taxation is a part of that sovereign power.
Page 9 - The weight of irremoveable royal displeasure is a load too great to move under : it must crush any man ; it has sunk and broke me. I succumb ; and wish for nothing but a decent and innocent retreat, wherein I may no longer, by continuing in the public stream of promotion, for ever stick fast aground, and afford to the world the ridiculous spectacle of being passed by every boat that navigates the same river.