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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... take my pen to fulfil the promise I made you the last time I had the pleasure of secing you . I mean that of writing to you , and to give you an account of us and of our situation . A correspondent like B 5 JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 9.
... take my pen to fulfil the promise I made you the last time I had the pleasure of secing you . I mean that of writing to you , and to give you an account of us and of our situation . A correspondent like B 5 JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 9.
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... write one word more of French . I know not why I do , for I am no very great admirer of the language : ' tis better calculated for nonsense than my own ; and con- sequently suits me better to write , though not Mr. Wilkes to read ...
... write one word more of French . I know not why I do , for I am no very great admirer of the language : ' tis better calculated for nonsense than my own ; and con- sequently suits me better to write , though not Mr. Wilkes to read ...
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... writing , drawing , and music . Thus wisely careless , innocently gay , We play the trifle life away . Yet , dear sir , often do we wish ourselves in England . Necessity sent us hither ; may For- tune bring us back ! We receive much ...
... writing , drawing , and music . Thus wisely careless , innocently gay , We play the trifle life away . Yet , dear sir , often do we wish ourselves in England . Necessity sent us hither ; may For- tune bring us back ! We receive much ...
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... is somewhat lazy , as you were the promoter , write to him yourself : he will be more atten- tive to what you say . In regard to the frontispieces which you wish me to draw , though I am not very JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 13.
... is somewhat lazy , as you were the promoter , write to him yourself : he will be more atten- tive to what you say . In regard to the frontispieces which you wish me to draw , though I am not very JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 13.
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... write to you . I know not whether it is impertinent to ask you if your affairs go on equal to the wishes of your friends ? That they may , be- lieve me , is the sincere wish of , Dear sir , your most faithful obliged friend , L. STERNE ...
... write to you . I know not whether it is impertinent to ask you if your affairs go on equal to the wishes of your friends ? That they may , be- lieve me , is the sincere wish of , Dear sir , your most faithful obliged friend , L. STERNE ...
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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.