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Excerpt from An Answer to the Argument of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., Relative to the Power of the House of Commons to Commit Persons Not Members
Sir, said Johnson, I knew I was, I meant to be Will the magnanimity of Sir Francis allow him to say, I knew I.sup' pressed the language of Sir E. Coke, I meant to do ir - I had a great beam to lay in popular opinion, and I cared not what machinery I made use of to raise it? If he were jesting with the lack-law learning of the House, I answer, it is no sport to hurl about brands in the midst of a homestead full of come-stacks.
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