Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volumen2J. Johnson, 1813 |
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... wishes of the people , had become a subject not only of investigation but reproach . This , there- fore , was deemed a propitious moment for effecting a grand national object , intimately connected not only with the representation , but ...
... wishes of the people , had become a subject not only of investigation but reproach . This , there- fore , was deemed a propitious moment for effecting a grand national object , intimately connected not only with the representation , but ...
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... to discussions of a new kind ; and the idea of a reform in parliament , appears to have originated with the first earl of Chatham , VOL . II . D who , in 1770 , expressed a wish , in 1780 . 33 LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
... to discussions of a new kind ; and the idea of a reform in parliament , appears to have originated with the first earl of Chatham , VOL . II . D who , in 1770 , expressed a wish , in 1780 . 33 LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
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Interspersed with Original Documents Alexander Stephens. who , in 1770 , expressed a wish , in the house of peers , " that , instead of depriving a county of its representatives , as in the case of Middlesex , one or more members might ...
Interspersed with Original Documents Alexander Stephens. who , in 1770 , expressed a wish , in the house of peers , " that , instead of depriving a county of its representatives , as in the case of Middlesex , one or more members might ...
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... wish to restore a decrepid body - politic to that original state of vigour , of which it had been bereaved by the innovating hand of time . The nation , too , was at this moment prepared for some great change , in consequence of recent ...
... wish to restore a decrepid body - politic to that original state of vigour , of which it had been bereaved by the innovating hand of time . The nation , too , was at this moment prepared for some great change , in consequence of recent ...
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... wish of all thinking and independent men , that some scheme of reform should be resorted to , in order to prevent the recurrence of similar misfortunes . Meetings were accordingly held in various parts of the kingdom , for this purpose ...
... wish of all thinking and independent men , that some scheme of reform should be resorted to , in order to prevent the recurrence of similar misfortunes . Meetings were accordingly held in various parts of the kingdom , for this purpose ...
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accordingly accustomed acquainted act of parliament admiral alluded appears bill boroughs Brentford candidate cause charge city of Westminster complainant conduct consequence constitution conversation corruption course court declared defendant domestic enemies election electors of Westminster entertained evinced fortune frequently friends gentleman gout hand honourable house of commons hundred pounds hustings JOHN HORNE TOOKE jury king labours language late lative length letter liberty lord lord Hood lordship manner means ment minister nation never Notwithstanding observed obtained occasion Old Bailey Old Sarum opinion parliament party perhaps period person Pitt political poll possessed present prisoner profession proved Purley purpose question racter reason rendered repaired respect seat seemed sion Sir Alan Gardner sir Francis Burdett soon supposed talents thing thousand pounds tion told Tooke's trial usual vote whole Wimbledon wish words
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Página 452 - O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Página 80 - I hope an everlasting one, with one great state; and I at least afforded the efficient means by which a peace, if not so durable, more seasonable at least, was accomplished with another. I gave you all; and you have rewarded me with confiscation, disgrace, and a life of impeachment...
Página 116 - They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Página 158 - Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to prevail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded under the signature of their clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They have also a right to demand from me upon oath the particular circumstances of my private situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion so novel to an Englishman, and give them every explanation which they may be pleased to...
Página 451 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors to my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Página 59 - The dominion of speech," he says,2 " is erected upon the downfall of interjections. Without the artful contrivances of language, mankind would have had nothing but interjections with which to communicate, orally, any of their feelings. The neighing of a horse, the lowing of a cow, the barking of a dog, the purring of a cat, sneezing, coughing, groaning, shrieking, and every other involuntary convulsion with oral sound, have almost as good a title to be called parts of speech, as interjections have.
Página 57 - You mean to say that the errors of Grammarians have arisen from supposing all words to be immediately either the signs of things or the signs of ideas; whereas in fact many words are merely abbreviations employed for dispatch, and are the signs of other words.
Página 282 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Página 395 - Tooke advocating the cause of this celebrated chancellor. His judgments, in his own court, he observed, were always dictated by equity, and never once complained of. The accusations against him were minute, frivolous, and vexatious ; while his sentence, " to be rendered for ever incapable of any place or employment, to be precluded from sitting in parliament, or coming within the verge of the court ; to be fined forty thousand pounds, and remain a prisoner in the Tower during the king's pleasure,"...
Página 34 - That leave be given to bring in a bill for a just and equal representation of the people of England in Parliament.