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"Wilberforce's Life," by his Sons, vol. v. p. 54.
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Twiss's "Life of Eldon," vol. ii. p. 5.
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"Letters," p. 251. Alison states that attempts were made to form a new Ministry, with Lord Wellesley at the head--"History of Europe," vol. ii. p. 457. This, however, as has been shown (ante p. 9), is incorrect.
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Lord Sidmouth's intelligence led him to expect daily a revolutionary movement.--"Life," by Dean Pellew, vol. iii. p. 325.
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The minister of religion exceeded the democratic baronet in the violence of his denunciations of the ruling powers, a fair example of which may be found in the following morceau:--"Kings, princes, dukes, lords, commons, parliaments, archbishops, bishops, prelates, rectors, high-constables, constables, sheriffs, deputy-constables and bailiffs, are all corrupt, and the time is near at hand when they will be upset. The people should rise en masse to suppress such a tyrannical Government as the one of this country, and it will not be long, but very soon, that it shall be overturned, and many a bloody battle may be fought, and many a one incarcerated in prison, before it shall be accomplished."