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CJ-B.777.015
6 Mar 1777:11 (41)
Continuation of the Debates in the House of Commons, begun
in our last.
Mr. Wombwell rose to contradict the Governor's assertions
relative to the conduct of the press. . . [11 lines]
Mr. Wilkes, in a speech of half an hour, condemned the
present war as one of the most unnatural and unjust that
time had ever produced. . . [14 lines]
Mr. Wilkes differed from Governor Johnson respecting the
condemnation of the stile of the New-England Congress's
declaration for Independence, declaring he always considered
good writings by its effect, as men judged the merits of a
Tragedy or a Comedy, by the effect it produced; that as it
was addressed to the common people, if it served to assure
them, it was certainly well-written. . .
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