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which will ever attend Genius: A
Genius like that of Mr PRATT's,
which suffers not the Character of the
ORATOR to be separated from that
of the GENTLEMAN — The Latter
with Patience and Pardon; — which
was so much the more wonderful, and
this learned Advocate departed from
the Cause of his Clients, to give
Scope to a peculiar Talent for Invective*,
unrestrained by Considerations
of Decency and Truth. —
The most scurrilous
Speech yt ever
was utter'd at ye
Bar.
A very full
House
Upon the Issue — the House divided;
and, by a Majority of FIVE, only
the Bill became a LAW.
But as the Laws of Britain are not,
like those of the MEDES and PERSIANS
If Mr. C - X
desires it
Extracts of his
Billingsgate
Language shall be printed.
* A Gentleman was treated by him, at this
highest Bar of the Nation, more like a Criminal,
than as a Petitioner, permitted to apply for RELIEF,
in Behalf of his own and the Properties
and Welfare of Hundreds!!
Identifier: | JB/123/262/046 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 123.
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review of the project for building a new square said to be for the use of westminster-school |
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printed material |
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bentham's annotated copy of the statute; enfolded in a full-size brown wrapper |
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