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Page 58
... Wilkes , Mr. Pownall , and Capt . Burns , were in court , but not exa- mined . - The original charge of the corrupt offer of 1000l . was not at- tempted to be difproved by any evi- dence . The Counsel for the Plaintiff were , Serjeant ...
... Wilkes , Mr. Pownall , and Capt . Burns , were in court , but not exa- mined . - The original charge of the corrupt offer of 1000l . was not at- tempted to be difproved by any evi- dence . The Counsel for the Plaintiff were , Serjeant ...
Page 104
... Wilkes , that victim to a woman's wrath , is a telt to which the great leaders of par liamentary oppofition will never fubs mit . They behold in him an infur mountable barrier to the expected gra . tifications of all their labours . We ...
... Wilkes , that victim to a woman's wrath , is a telt to which the great leaders of par liamentary oppofition will never fubs mit . They behold in him an infur mountable barrier to the expected gra . tifications of all their labours . We ...
Page 105
... Wilkes , as an injured and perfecuted individual , has been the first and hitherto the only motive of my appearing ... Wilkes , and th Bill of Rights , Come I to speak in Morris ' funeral . ( For John Wilkes is an honourable man ; So ...
... Wilkes , as an injured and perfecuted individual , has been the first and hitherto the only motive of my appearing ... Wilkes , and th Bill of Rights , Come I to speak in Morris ' funeral . ( For John Wilkes is an honourable man ; So ...
Page 106
Yet John Wilkes fays , he was unsteady ; And John Wilkes is an honourable man . I speak not to difprove what John Wilkes Spoke , But here I am to speak what I do know . You all did love him once , not without caufe ; But when his ...
Yet John Wilkes fays , he was unsteady ; And John Wilkes is an honourable man . I speak not to difprove what John Wilkes Spoke , But here I am to speak what I do know . You all did love him once , not without caufe ; But when his ...
Page 129
... Wilkes . " I can bear testi mony to what the worthy Alderman has related ; and , I believe , he has neither added nor omitted any circumftance . " Mr. Alderman Townsend . It will be a fatisfaction to me if Mr. Recorder will be pleafed ...
... Wilkes . " I can bear testi mony to what the worthy Alderman has related ; and , I believe , he has neither added nor omitted any circumftance . " Mr. Alderman Townsend . It will be a fatisfaction to me if Mr. Recorder will be pleafed ...
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Page 216 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 265 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 203 - ... and execution, for which they are very unfit, but the checks of government really in the hands of the governed. For these purposes, if it were possible to suppose that the great enemy of mankind could be rendered instrumental to their happiness, so far the devil himself should be supported by the people.
Page 115 - Journal, was this day apprehended -and brought before me, one of his majefty's juftices of the peace for the city of London, by Edward Twine Carpenter, of HofierJane, London, printer. . JOHN WILKES, Alderman.
Page 165 - Foy for arrack, &c. which were to be forwarded to Paris. I believe they were sent, but they never passed through my hands, nor do I know whether Mr.. Wildman has yet been paid for those trifles, the whole of which amounted only, as he told me, to about thirty pounds. Your endeavours to create a coolness between Mr.
Page 235 - At the humble petition of the lord mayor, sheriffs, commons, and citizens of the city of Dublin, be it enacted,
Page 241 - After this, finding he could take no advantage against me, then in a treacherous way he resolved to assassinate me in this manner: hearing I was to come to Whitehall on horseback with two...
Page 162 - I knew I could be useful to you in Middlesex; and I did then, and do still think, that there was no method by which I could do greater service...
Page 4 - I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by newswriters, and the zealots of parties ; as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to. be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics; and to be made good fathers, husbands and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
Page 151 - ... to command for the public good, however dangerous, difficult, or defperate." The queftion was then put, " That «' James Eyre, Efq; the prefent Recorder, be no more aavifed with, retained or employed, in any of the affairs of this corporation ; he being deemed by this Court unworthy of their future truft or confidence.