A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the Case of John Wilkes, Esq: Late Member for Aylesbury, in the County of Bucks..Chez J.W. imprimeur, rue du Colombier Fauxburgh, St. Germain, à l'hotel de Saxe., 1767 - 272 من الصفحات |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 59
الصفحة 20
... King's pardon in his pocket , and I fought him with a halter about my neck ; that I would fight him for all that , and if he fell I should not tarry here a moment for the tender mercies of fuch a Miniftry , but would directly proceed to ...
... King's pardon in his pocket , and I fought him with a halter about my neck ; that I would fight him for all that , and if he fell I should not tarry here a moment for the tender mercies of fuch a Miniftry , but would directly proceed to ...
الصفحة 38
... king having judged it improper , that John Wilkes , efq ; fhould any longer continue to be colonel of the militia for the county of Buckingham , I am com- manded to fignify his majesty's pleasure to your lordship , that you do forthwith ...
... king having judged it improper , that John Wilkes , efq ; fhould any longer continue to be colonel of the militia for the county of Buckingham , I am com- manded to fignify his majesty's pleasure to your lordship , that you do forthwith ...
الصفحة 42
... and unfupported , may hope C to fleep in peace and fecurity in his own * houfe , unviolated by king's meffengers , and the arbitrary mandates of an over- bearing fecretary of state . C 6 I will no longer delay your juftice . ( 42 )
... and unfupported , may hope C to fleep in peace and fecurity in his own * houfe , unviolated by king's meffengers , and the arbitrary mandates of an over- bearing fecretary of state . C 6 I will no longer delay your juftice . ( 42 )
الصفحة 51
... king's meffengers . I demanded by what authority they had ' forced their way into my room , and was fhewn a warrant in which no person was • named in particular , but generally the authors , printers and publishers of a fe- ditious and ...
... king's meffengers . I demanded by what authority they had ' forced their way into my room , and was fhewn a warrant in which no person was • named in particular , but generally the authors , printers and publishers of a fe- ditious and ...
الصفحة 53
... king's fuperior courts of juftice , a few days after , I was ferved with a fubpoena upon an informa- ⚫tion exhibited against me in the king's bench . I loft no time in confulting the beft books , as well as the greatest living ...
... king's fuperior courts of juftice , a few days after , I was ferved with a fubpoena upon an informa- ⚫tion exhibited against me in the king's bench . I loft no time in confulting the beft books , as well as the greatest living ...
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
adminiſtration affurances againſt almoſt anſwer aſk Aylesbury becauſe buſineſs cafe cauſe common pleas confequence cou'd court of common crown declaration defire Earl of Egremont England Engliſh expreffions facred fame Family Compact fatisfaction fecretary feem fent fervices fhall fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fovereign fpirit friends friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fubmit fuch fuperior fure gentlemen higheſt himſelf honour houfe Houſe of Commons humble fervant infolent John Wilkes juſt juſtice King King's laft laſt late leaſt letter liberty Lord Bristol Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Egremont Lord Halifax Lordſhip Majefty majeſty's meaſures Meffengers minifter moft moſt muſt myſelf nation negociation never North Briton obferved occafion paper parliament peace penfion perfon Philip Carteret Pitt pleaſed pleaſure prefent prince publiſhed reaſon refpect refuſed reign ſaid ſay ſeen ſeveral ſhall Spain Spanish ſtate ſtill themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Tower Tueſday uſe Wilkes's wiſh wou'd
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 195 - Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
الصفحة 20 - His lordship paid me the highest encomiums on my courage, and said he would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might now be good friends, and retire to the Inn to drink a bottle of claret together, which we did with great good humour and much laugh.
الصفحة 22 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
الصفحة 192 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country}.
الصفحة 156 - I wish, my lord, to owe this to the mercy of my Prince. I entreat your grace to lay me with all humility at the King's feet...
الصفحة 157 - I implore, and in every thing fubmit to, his Majefty's clemency. ' Your grace's noble manner of thinking, and the * obligations I have formerly received, which are ftill...
الصفحة 53 - The North Briton," in which I have been named or even alluded to, was written by...
الصفحة 28 - Wilkes, esq. herewith sent you, for being the author and publisher of a most infamous and seditious libel, intitled, The North Briton, No. 45, tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government...
الصفحة 13 - I, which had affronted his honour? He would know; he insisted on a direct answer ; here were his pistols. I replied that he would soon use them ; that I desired to know by what right his lordship catechised me about a paper which did not bear my name ; that I...
الصفحة 77 - I heard a gentleman taking him to taflc, upon his vowing revenge on you or your fervant ; upon which I told the gentleman a fmall part of what I knew, and he put him in the hands of two watchmen, and ordered him to the round-houfe ; but at the corner of Great George-ftreet, I am told, he was refcued, and ran away.