Junius: Stat nominis umbraVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 - 380 pages |
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... kingdom . LETTER II . TO JUNIUS . THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER . SIR , January 26 , 1769 . THE kingdom swarms with such numbers of felonious robbers of private character and virtue , that no honest or good man is safe ...
... kingdom . LETTER II . TO JUNIUS . THE PRINTER OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER . SIR , January 26 , 1769 . THE kingdom swarms with such numbers of felonious robbers of private character and virtue , that no honest or good man is safe ...
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... kingdom . For , when our deluded people at home , and foreigners abroad , read the poison- ous and inflammatory libels that are daily published with impunity , to vilify those , who are any way distinguished by their good qualities and ...
... kingdom . For , when our deluded people at home , and foreigners abroad , read the poison- ous and inflammatory libels that are daily published with impunity , to vilify those , who are any way distinguished by their good qualities and ...
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... kingdoms so much depends , is unequal to his high station , and destitute of those qualities which form a good general . One would have thought , that his lordship's service in the cause of his country , from the battle of Culloden , to ...
... kingdoms so much depends , is unequal to his high station , and destitute of those qualities which form a good general . One would have thought , that his lordship's service in the cause of his country , from the battle of Culloden , to ...
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... kingdom ; and that , if the affections of the colo- nies have been alienated , if Corsica has been shamefully abandoned , if commerce languishes , if public credit is threatened with a new debt , and your own Manilla ran- som most ...
... kingdom ; and that , if the affections of the colo- nies have been alienated , if Corsica has been shamefully abandoned , if commerce languishes , if public credit is threatened with a new debt , and your own Manilla ran- som most ...
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... kingdom from foreign or domestic slavery . Junius needs not be told , that , should the time ever come , when this nation is to be defended only by those , who have nothing more to lose than their arms and their pay , its danger will be ...
... kingdom from foreign or domestic slavery . Junius needs not be told , that , should the time ever come , when this nation is to be defended only by those , who have nothing more to lose than their arms and their pay , its danger will be ...
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Page 119 - To reform and not to chastise, I am afraid, is impossible ; and that the best precepts, as well as the best Laws, would prove of small use, if there were no Examples to enforce them. To attack Vices in the abstract, without touching Persons, may be safe fighting indeed, but it is fighting with shadows.
Page 153 - The doctrine inculcated by our laws, that the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance. We separate the amiable, goodnatured prince from the folly and treachery of his servants, and the private virtues of the man from the vices of his government. Were it not for this just distinction, I know not whether your Majesty's condition, or that of the English nation, would deserve most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth by removing every painful, offensive...
Page 167 - Without consulting your minister, call together your whole council. Let it appear to the public, that you can determine and act for yourself. Come forward to your people. Lay aside the wretched formalities of a king; and speak to your subjects with the spirit of a man, and in the language of a gentleman. Tell them you have been fatally deceived.
Page 112 - Wooburn, scorn and mockery await him. He must create a solitude round his estate, if he would avoid the face of reproach and derision. At Plymouth, his destruction would be more than probable ; at Exeter, inevitable.
Page 358 - The man who fairly and completely answers this argument, shall have my thanks and my applause. My heart is already with him. I am ready to be converted. I admire his morality, and would gladly subscribe to the articles of his faith. Grateful as I am, to the good Being whose bounty has imparted to me this reasoning intellect, whatever it is, I hold myself proportionably indebted to him from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine. But neither should...
Page 94 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 154 - You ascended the throne with a declared, and, I doubt not, a sincere resolution of giving universal satisfaction to your subjects. You found them pleased with the novelty of a young prince, whose countenance promised even more than his words ; and loyal to you, not only from principle, but passion. It was not a cold profession of allegiance to the first magistrate; but a partial, animated attachment to a favourite prince, the natiVe of their country.
Page 105 - The use you have made of these uncommon advantages might have been more honorable to yourself, but could not be more instructive to mankind. We may trace it in the veneration of your country, the choice of your friends, and in the accomplishment of every sanguine hope which the public might have conceived from the illustrious name of Russell.
Page 94 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 64 - ... the spirit of the people. With such a cause as yours, my lord, it is not sufficient that you have the court at your devotion, unless you can find means to corrupt or intimidate the jury. The collective body of the people form that jury; and from their decision there is but one appeal. Whether you have talents to support you at a crisis of such difficulty and danger should long since have been considered.