Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (now First Collected) ; to which are Added, His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and His Private Letters Addressed to Mr. H.S. Woodfall ; with a Preliminary Essay, Notes, Fac-similes, &c. ...G. Woodfall, 1812 |
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abilities administration America answer appear assertion assured authority Bradshaw Britain called cause character Cleophas colonies conduct constitution contempt correspondent court crown dare declaration depend Duke of Grafton duty EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH EDIT enemies fact favour favourite friends gentleman give given grace grant Grenville honour House of Commons humble servant insult judge JUNIUS justice king king's kiss hands liberty Lord Barrington Lord Boutetort Lord Chatham Lord Granby Lord Hillsborough Lord Mansfield Lord North lordship Lucius Majesty Majesty's mean measure ment merit minister Modestus nation never noble offence opinion parliament party perhaps person political Port Egmont possession principles PRINTER promise PUBLIC ADVERTISER question racter reason royal ruin secretary secretary at war shew Sir J. A. Sir James Lowther Sir Jeffery Amherst sovereign spirit supposed tell thing thought tion treasury whole Wilkes
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Page 354 - In the same term it was resolved by the two chief Justices, Chief Baron, and Baron Altham, upon conference betwixt the Lords of the Privy Council and them, that the King by his Proclamation cannot create any offence which was not an offence before, for then he may alter the law of the land...
Page 217 - The decisions and dicta of the Judges who have said that the House of Commons are the only judges of their own privileges, and that the courts of common law cannot be judges of the privileges of the House of Commons, are chiefly where the question has arisen on commitments for contempt, upon which no doubt could ever be entertained but that the House are the only judges of what is a contempt to their House generally, or...
Page 327 - Egmont, cannot, nor ought in any wise to affect the question of the prior right of sovereignty of the Malouine otherwise called Falkland's Islands.
Page 450 - Duke that he became his chief confidant, and was privy to the whole of his generous treatment of that young lady, and of course became his Grace's bosom friend ; for which service he first received a pension of fifteen hundred pounds a year for three lives, and, that not being sufficient, is now made one of you. I cannot avoid again congratulating you on the acquisition of such a brother member, as it is to be hoped he will assist any of your Lordships with his good offices upon all occasions. I...
Page 354 - ... that the King by his proclamation cannot create any offence which was not an offence before, for then he may alter the law of the land by his proclamation in a high point...
Page 427 - ... an hundred pound stock, or sixpence for a lottery ticket. —My lord, without a jest, it is indecent, it is odious, it is preposterous.— Our gracious master, it is said, reads the newspapers. If he does, he shall know minutely in what manner you treat his faithful army. This is the first of sixteen letters addressed to your lordship, which are ready for the press, and shall appear as fast as it suits the printer's convenience.
Page 369 - Go back to your Chair, Mr. Speaker, within these five minutes, or you may depend on it I will send you to Newgate ; you speak of your authority, but I tell you I sit here as an interpreter of the laws, and a distributer of justice, and, were the whole House of Commons in your belly, I will not stir one foot.
Page 450 - Harrington's domestics, from, whence he moved to Ireland, set up a shop, and under the influence of a happy planet returned to England, where, by means of his uncommon address in administering to the pleasures of the great, he was appointed one of the secretaries to the Treasury, which office he held during the Duke of G-rafton's administration, and by exerting his happy talents between his Grace and the celebrated Nancy Parsons, he so far ingratiated himself with the Duke, that he became his chief...
Page 256 - The king commands me to inform you, in consequence of the message which you brought yesterday to St. James's, that he is always ready to receive applications from any of his subjects ; but as the present case of address, remonstrance and petition, seems entirely new, I am commanded to enquire of you in what manner it is authenticated, and what the nature of the assembly was, in which this measure was adopted ? — When you furnish me with answers to these questions I shall signify to you his Majesty's...
Page 13 - ... INNOCENCE, even in its crudest simplicity, has some advantages over the most dexterous and practised guilt. Equivocal appearances may, to be sure, accidentally attend it in its progress through the world ; but the very scrutiny which these appearances will excite, operates in favour of innocence ; which is secure the moment it is discovered. But guilt is a poor helpless dependent being. Without the alliance of able, diligent, and, let me add, fortunate fraud, it is inevitably undone. If the guilty...