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" Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince... "
The North American Review - Page 77
edited by - 1848
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The parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and ..., Volume 21

Parliament proc - 1787 - 590 pages
...united the mock majefty of a bloody fceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant" 1 ! counting houff, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other.—Mr. Sheridan now went into a long ftatement to ftiewthe various irrefragable proofs exhibited...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History ..., Volume 8

1788 - 708 pages
...uniting the mock majeltv of a bloody fceptrc, aid the little traffic of a merchant's counting-houfe ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the fads he had flated, Mr. Sheridun interred, that the begums had not given difturbance to the...
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The History of the Reign of George III.: To the Termination of the ..., Volume 4

Robert Bisset - 1803 - 450 pages
...uniting the mock majefty of a bloody fceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-houfe; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." This energetic, grand, and fplendid difplay of eloquence was clofed by the following peroration : "...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffick of a merchant's counting house ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts I have stated, I inter, that the Begums did not give disturbance to the government,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffick of a merchant's counting house ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts I have stated, I infer, that the Begums did not give disturbance to the government,...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, that a government was exhibited, uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts he had stated, Mr. Sheridan inferred, that the begums had not given disturbance to the...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1816 - 692 pages
...an arrest; a town besieged on a note of hand; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Tbus it was they exhibited a government, which united the...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the...
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Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several ...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 422 pages
...government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchants counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1816 - 744 pages
...the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-- house, — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. .Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 4

Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting* house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the...
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