The Letters of the Celebrated Junius, Volume 1printed in the year, 1783 - English letters |
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adminiſtration affert againſt anſwer becauſe cafe candidate caufe cauſe character circumſtances conduct confequences confider conftitution declared deferves Duke of Bedford Duke of Grafton eſtabliſhed expelled expulfion fafely faid falſe fame fecurity feems fervice fhall fhould firft firſt foldiers fome fpirit friends friendſhip ftand ftrictly fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure Grace himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe of commons incapable incapacity inftance infult intereft itſelf juftice Junius Junius's laft laſt law of parliament leaft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER Lord Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Granby Lord Rockingham meaſures ment minifter miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary obferve occafion officer oppofition perfon PHILO JUNIUS pleaſed poffible prefent puniſhed purpoſe queſtion racter re-elected reafon refolution refpect regiment repreſent ſay ſeems ſhall Sir William Draper ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe vote Walpole Walpole's whofe whoſe Wilkes yourſelf
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