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Pagina 18
... at- tended with considerable effect . It was asked , if the injunctions of an ecclesiastical tribunal to abstain from secular employments , were bind- ing ? If , from the period of the reformation 18 : $ 779 . LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
... at- tended with considerable effect . It was asked , if the injunctions of an ecclesiastical tribunal to abstain from secular employments , were bind- ing ? If , from the period of the reformation 18 : $ 779 . LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
Pagina 20
... of 1763 , and wounded still more deeply by the effects of the antecedent war , seized this oppor- tunity to avenge the national disgrace , and , in a short time after , was joined by both Spain 20 1779 . LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
... of 1763 , and wounded still more deeply by the effects of the antecedent war , seized this oppor- tunity to avenge the national disgrace , and , in a short time after , was joined by both Spain 20 1779 . LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE .
Pagina 24
... effect , and , consequently , to hasten the fall of the premier of that day . But the spoils of the vanquished were reserved for others ; and although the subject of this memoir had suffered in the common cause , yet he reaped none of ...
... effect , and , consequently , to hasten the fall of the premier of that day . But the spoils of the vanquished were reserved for others ; and although the subject of this memoir had suffered in the common cause , yet he reaped none of ...
Pagina 34
... effect actually took place . Accordingly , in 1776 , Mr. alderman Wilkes moved , " that leave be given to bring in a bill , for a just and equal re- presentation of the people of England in parlia ment , " which appears to have been ...
... effect actually took place . Accordingly , in 1776 , Mr. alderman Wilkes moved , " that leave be given to bring in a bill , for a just and equal re- presentation of the people of England in parlia ment , " which appears to have been ...
Pagina 40
... . Several counties , cities , and boroughs , actually nominated deputies ; and a conven- tion was at length convoked , for the express purpose of carrying so popular a plan into effect . 40 LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE . 1782 .
... . Several counties , cities , and boroughs , actually nominated deputies ; and a conven- tion was at length convoked , for the express purpose of carrying so popular a plan into effect . 40 LIFE OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE . 1782 .
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Memoirs of John Horne Tooke: Interspersed with Original Documents, Volume 2 Alexander Stephens Volledige weergave - 1813 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 452 - O that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Pagina 80 - I hope an everlasting one, with one great state; and I at least afforded the efficient means by which a peace, if not so durable, more seasonable at least, was accomplished with another. I gave you all; and you have rewarded me with confiscation, disgrace, and a life of impeachment...
Pagina 116 - They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Pagina 158 - Parliament has removed all the decencies which used to prevail among gentlemen, and has given the commissioners (shrouded under the signature of their clerk) a right by law to tell me that they have reason to believe that I am a liar. They have also a right to demand from me upon oath the particular circumstances of my private situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready to attend upon this degrading occasion so novel to an Englishman, and give them every explanation which they may be pleased to...
Pagina 451 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty : For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors to my blood ; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Pagina 59 - The dominion of speech," he says,2 " is erected upon the downfall of interjections. Without the artful contrivances of language, mankind would have had nothing but interjections with which to communicate, orally, any of their feelings. The neighing of a horse, the lowing of a cow, the barking of a dog, the purring of a cat, sneezing, coughing, groaning, shrieking, and every other involuntary convulsion with oral sound, have almost as good a title to be called parts of speech, as interjections have.
Pagina 57 - You mean to say that the errors of Grammarians have arisen from supposing all words to be immediately either the signs of things or the signs of ideas; whereas in fact many words are merely abbreviations employed for dispatch, and are the signs of other words.
Pagina 282 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Pagina 395 - Tooke advocating the cause of this celebrated chancellor. His judgments, in his own court, he observed, were always dictated by equity, and never once complained of. The accusations against him were minute, frivolous, and vexatious ; while his sentence, " to be rendered for ever incapable of any place or employment, to be precluded from sitting in parliament, or coming within the verge of the court ; to be fined forty thousand pounds, and remain a prisoner in the Tower during the king's pleasure,"...
Pagina 34 - That leave be given to bring in a bill for a just and equal representation of the people of England in Parliament.