The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are Introduced Memoirs of His Life, Volumen5R. Phillips, 1805 |
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... called for by any attack on you , or even hints to your disadvantage ( as far as I know ) . Every part of the transaction is almost universally unknown . After this , send only your orders , and they shall be obey- ed . It will always ...
... called for by any attack on you , or even hints to your disadvantage ( as far as I know ) . Every part of the transaction is almost universally unknown . After this , send only your orders , and they shall be obey- ed . It will always ...
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... called at your brother Martin's ; and , as he was not at home , left word that I had some papers of your writing to shew him any morn- ing when he would do me the favour of calling in Prince's - court : but I have heard nothing , nor ...
... called at your brother Martin's ; and , as he was not at home , left word that I had some papers of your writing to shew him any morn- ing when he would do me the favour of calling in Prince's - court : but I have heard nothing , nor ...
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... CALLED upon you yesterday to ask a favour of you , without much pretension , or ( from the nature of it ) much more prospect of success . Lady Sydney is extremely desirous to get a boy , the son of two old servants of ours ( the father ...
... CALLED upon you yesterday to ask a favour of you , without much pretension , or ( from the nature of it ) much more prospect of success . Lady Sydney is extremely desirous to get a boy , the son of two old servants of ours ( the father ...
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... inscriptions , —one of which was to his incomparable and accom- plished daughter , in these words : то FILIAL PIETY AND MARY WILKES , ERECTED BY JOHN WILKES , MDCCLXXXIX . In a room which he called the Tuscan room , 78 MEMOIRS OF.
... inscriptions , —one of which was to his incomparable and accom- plished daughter , in these words : то FILIAL PIETY AND MARY WILKES , ERECTED BY JOHN WILKES , MDCCLXXXIX . In a room which he called the Tuscan room , 78 MEMOIRS OF.
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... called the Tuscan room , was also the following : FORTVNÆ REDVCI , ET CIVITATI LONDINENSI , P. JOHANNES WILKES , QUÆSTOR , MDCCLXXXIX . In the shrubbery was a Doric column , with an inscription in which he thus characterizes his friend ...
... called the Tuscan room , was also the following : FORTVNÆ REDVCI , ET CIVITATI LONDINENSI , P. JOHANNES WILKES , QUÆSTOR , MDCCLXXXIX . In the shrubbery was a Doric column , with an inscription in which he thus characterizes his friend ...
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Adieu affectionate aforesaid agreeable Angoulême apprehended assurances attention Barnard bien church of England city of London compliments court crown daughter dear Petrie dear sir DEAR UNCLE declared desire duke England English esquire été Europe executors expence father favour France French friends gentleman George Onslow give and bequeath Grosvenor-square Guildhall happy Hastings Heaton Wilkes honour hope house of commons hundred pounds Isle of Wight ISRAEL WILKES j'ai James II JOHN WILKES king king's lady Baker late laws LETTER liberty London lord lord-mayor Louis XIV Mary Wilkes Mémoire Justificatif ment mentioned Middlesex miss Harriet Wilkes miss Wilkes miss Wilkes's monsieur nation obedient humble servant obliged Paris parliament person pleasure political present prince of Orange Prince's-court printer proclamation received reign respect Revolution sent serjeant-at-arms shew sincerely sovereign suré thing Thompson thousand pounds tion town Wheble Wilkes's wish
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Página 174 - We will still believe and maintain that our Kings derive not their title from the people but from God; that to Him only they are accountable; that it belongs not to subjects, either to create or censure, but to honour and obey their sovereign, who comes to be so by a fundamental hereditary right of succession, which no religion, no law, no fault or forfeiture can alter or diminish1.
Página 173 - And be it hereby declared, that by the undoubted and fundamental laws of this kingdom, neither the Peers of this realm, nor the Commons, nor both together in Parliament or out of Parliament, nor the People collectively or representatively, nor any other Persons whatsoever, ever had, have, hath, or ought to have, any coercive power over the persons of the Kings of this realm.
Página 54 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby...
Página 92 - Qui obiit anno 17 — , aetatis ; and that it be carried to the grave by six of the poorest men of the parish, to each of whom I order a suit of grey coarse cloth, as mourning.
Página 12 - ... tis a most pleasant prospect ; and I know no greater pleasure than sitting by the side of the river, reading Milton or Shakespeare to my mother. Sometimes I take my guitar and sing to her. Thus do the hours slide away imperceptibly ; with reading, writing, drawing, and music.
Página 93 - Signed, sealed, and declared by the testator, as his last will and testament, in presence of us, RADNOR.
Página 12 - Yet, dear Sir, often do we wish ourselves in England. Necessity sent us hither ; may Fortune bring us back! ' We receive much civility from the people here. We had letters of recommendation, which I would advise every English person to procure wherever he goes in France. We have visitors, even more than we wish — as we ever found the French in general very insipid. I would rather choose to converse with people much superior to me in understanding (that I grant I can easily do, so you need not smile)....
Página 13 - Tis now time to remind Mr. Wilkes of his kind promise — to exhort him to fulfil it If you knew, dear Sir, how much we are straitened as to our income, you would not neglect it. We should be truly happy to be so much obliged to you that we may join, to our admiration of Mr. Wilkes in his public character, tears of gratitude whenever we hear his name mentioned, for the peculiar service he has rendered us. Much shall we owe to Mr. Hall for that and many other favours ; but to you do we owe the kind...
Página 42 - Britain for the Support of the just and constitutional Rights and Liberties of the People of Great Britain and America...
Página 59 - Wheble, I thought it clearly my duty to adjudge, that he had been apprehended in the city illegally, in direct violation of the rights of an Englishman, and of the chartered privileges of a citizen of this metropolis, and to discharge him.