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MG-A(G.770.020
2 Aug 1770:3311 (1299)
London, May 10. A genuine account of the Proceedings of the
Right Honourable the House of Lords, on Tuesday last.
. . . [4 paragraphs of debate]
[Lord Chatham speaking]
When a majority in that house becomes a minister's state
engine, to effect the worst purposes, and to produce such
monstrous and unconstitutional acts, that one cannot help
exclaiming in the language of Shakespear--
"Fie on it! Oh fie!
"'Tis an unweeded garden, things
"Rank and gross in nature possess it merely."
. . . [2 columns of debate]
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