The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are Introduced Memoirs of His Life, Volume 5R. Phillips, 1805 |
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... how- ever , was taken of this interference . The story was productive of serious benefit to the one party , and of a prejudice equally serious to the other ; and whether true or false , it lies C 2 JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 27.
... how- ever , was taken of this interference . The story was productive of serious benefit to the one party , and of a prejudice equally serious to the other ; and whether true or false , it lies C 2 JOHN WILKES , ESQ . 27.
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... such a place as Valenciennes , and dextrously preventing the parties seeing each other when they came so long a journey on purpose , -not to add the calamities of the great destructive period . It would more than amuse the 34 MEMOIRS OF.
... such a place as Valenciennes , and dextrously preventing the parties seeing each other when they came so long a journey on purpose , -not to add the calamities of the great destructive period . It would more than amuse the 34 MEMOIRS OF.
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... party in the house of commons , were enraged at this violent re- sistance to their power . The proceedings in parliament on this subject having been detailed in various publications , it is necessary only to state them very shortly here ...
... party in the house of commons , were enraged at this violent re- sistance to their power . The proceedings in parliament on this subject having been detailed in various publications , it is necessary only to state them very shortly here ...
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... party to a friend's house in Ox- fordshire , where I shall stay some time . I admire your woods , lawns , meadows , & c . and hope you will have health and spirits to enjoy them and every other pleasing variety chance throw in your way ...
... party to a friend's house in Ox- fordshire , where I shall stay some time . I admire your woods , lawns , meadows , & c . and hope you will have health and spirits to enjoy them and every other pleasing variety chance throw in your way ...
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... party to a rout in the evening : but finding herself unwell , she went to bed about one o'clock in the morning ; and about five minutes afterwards rung the bell for her servant , who sent for medical assistance . Miss Wilkes , however ...
... party to a rout in the evening : but finding herself unwell , she went to bed about one o'clock in the morning ; and about five minutes afterwards rung the bell for her servant , who sent for medical assistance . Miss Wilkes , however ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
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.