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Hampden and Wilkes Defend Liberty in Debate
The piece lauds Hampden and John Wilkes for opposing arbitrary power. It contrasts Hampden’s steadfast stand with ministers’ encroachments and notes Wilkes’s eight years of principled opposition. A public notice hints at a forthcoming publication by Horne and critiques his supposed apostasy from liberty.
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England
Hampden
Halpden
Wilkes
Horne
Humphrey Cotes Esq
Liberty