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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... lord - mayor of London ) , Mr. Canning ( the uncle and patron of the treasurer of the navy ) , and many other respectable friends . LETTER II . Saturday , Sept. 21 , 1776 . I HAVE much regretted of late the enjoy- ing your company so ...
... lord - mayor of London ) , Mr. Canning ( the uncle and patron of the treasurer of the navy ) , and many other respectable friends . LETTER II . Saturday , Sept. 21 , 1776 . I HAVE much regretted of late the enjoy- ing your company so ...
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... lord Temple died , the editor thought himself at liberty to inform him . Wine of all sorts , game and wild fowl , fruit , turkies , poultry , & c . , were sent to him almost daily from most parts of England . ] LETTER VI . SIR ...
... lord Temple died , the editor thought himself at liberty to inform him . Wine of all sorts , game and wild fowl , fruit , turkies , poultry , & c . , were sent to him almost daily from most parts of England . ] LETTER VI . SIR ...
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... likely enough to do ) at the expence of your patriotism . My friends and neighbours , the Adamses , have solicited me to desire your interest with the VOL . V. D lord - mayor , that they may be permitted to JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 49.
... likely enough to do ) at the expence of your patriotism . My friends and neighbours , the Adamses , have solicited me to desire your interest with the VOL . V. D lord - mayor , that they may be permitted to JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 49.
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... lord - mayor , that they may be permitted to draw their lottery in Guildhall . Had my cold permitted me to leave home , I should have asked the favour in person ; but for the reasons above , it is much better that I petition this way ...
... lord - mayor , that they may be permitted to draw their lottery in Guildhall . Had my cold permitted me to leave home , I should have asked the favour in person ; but for the reasons above , it is much better that I petition this way ...
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... lords : yet , upon the motion of the earl of Marchmont , it was resolved that this para- graph was a breach of privilege ; and the printer of the London Evening Post , in which paper it had appeared , was fined one hundred pounds ...
... lords : yet , upon the motion of the earl of Marchmont , it was resolved that this para- graph was a breach of privilege ; and the printer of the London Evening Post , in which paper it had appeared , was fined one hundred pounds ...
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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.