The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason (1794) [ Concepts ]
… be a Member of the Constitutional Society from a wish to hear clever men speak, not having it in my power to go to the House of Parliament, where I could have heard more clever men undoubtedly. Q. You heard several men speak upon politics? … took up your idea of politics from them? A. I took my rule of politics from public report, and from the debates in both Houses of Parliament. Q. You did not go to these Societies to read the public papers, or to read the debates in both … at all? A. Stay, Mr. Counsel, give me leave to say, I was in company with a Mr. Carter, a musician, at the London Coffee-house. Q: Do you recollect Carter, the bill sticker? A. I am not, in a moment, to be told that I recollect such a …
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