... The editor of The Blunderton Chronicle' is in the situation of an admiral writing despatches after a victory, who has to speak highly of the bravery of this officer and the promptitude of another; and at length is compelled to say, that they all acted ...

... the most cordial and unremitting support, and looking at the present position of public affairs—considering the strength— I speak not only of the numerical, but the moral strength—of the great party in this house and in the country by which we have hat ...

... in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, were such devotion and disinterestedness exhibited. As for the grand Duke, not to speak it unpolitely, he has been content to play the part of the Squire, and he must now be content to retreat with the Knight-errant ...

... Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets, that prophecy unto you; they make you vain; they speak a vision of their min heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. You have received, at the hands of the Church Corn- I ...

... the daughter of a shopkeper into her establishment, unless the young lady happen to have genteel connections. Generally speaking, we are perfectly aware at Blunderton, of the enormity of shopkeeping, but in consequence of divers intermarriages several ...

... Sumpter, the housemaid, upon whose confession the prisoners had been apprehended, having been cautioned by the Magistrates to speak the whole truth, was then sworn. She deposed that she had lived in the service of the prosecutor eight years. She proceeded ...

... may have heard of our whereabout, or they would not have cared to seek us under our new name. To all, we may thus presume to speak aS to intimates and well-wishers, rather than to an audience composed of strange stern faces ; and may vield ourselves to the ...

... elicit the truth and punish the guilty, then, assuredly, no guilty person arraigned and accused, should be prevented from speaking the truth in his own case, when called upon to aver whether he be guilty or not guilty. ...

... break these old laws? At the end of your poetry, in a prose note, Which perhaps you ne'er saw—or perhaps have forgot, You speak of a title, that's both good and old, 'Tis that of the old Public Ledger, we're told. Now suppose that The Public ...

... your tongue bath muttered perverseness.' 46 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they 'trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their feet run to evil, and they 'make haste to shed innocent blood ...

... at Nottingham. There can be neither doubt nor difficulty about the Nottingham election, btu we regret to say that we cannot speak so sanguinely with respect to Devonshire. We learn that apprehensions are entertained with the Tory votes added to the last ...

... the True Sun. Of the merits of a publication, sent forth under the superintendance of those gentlemen, it needs not us to speak. In the Journal now before us, evidences of their usual talent and vigour are displayed; the leading articles are written with ...