The Revolution in Tanner's Lane

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t, leaving him to continue his troubled voyage southwards. The night air, however, was a little too much for him, and when he got to Fleet Street he was under the necessity of supporting himself against a wall. He became more and more seditious as he became more and more muddled, so that at last he attracted the attention of a constable who laid hold of him and locked him up for the night. In the morning he was very much surprised to find himself in a cell, feeling very miserable, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and, what was ten times worse, with uttering blasphemy against the Prince Regent. It may as well be mentioned here that the greatest precautions had been taken to prevent any knowledge by the authorities of the proceedings of the Friends of the People. The Habeas Corpus Act was not yet suspended, but the times were exceedingly dangerous. The Friends, therefore, never left in a body nor by the same doo

ctable person like yo

w he was respectable; but was silent. He was

not have taken the trouble to bring you here. We

it was the Major who had emptied them before he cross

ed person. What good do you think you can do? I can assure you that the Government are fully aware of the distress which prevails, and

ked round; everything was so quiet, so pacific; there were no fetters nor thumbscrews; the sun was lighting up the p

dwiches and a little decanter of wine on

you what we could do with you if we liked. Now, just consider, my friend. I don't want you to give up one single principle; but is it worth your while to be sent to jail and to have your home broken up merely because you want to achieve your object in the wrong way, and in a foolish wa

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g, and was answe

read and chee

cheese and bee

; I will go on with my work, and w

much bread and cheese, but

's Treasury-followed him to the door, closed it, not without satisfying himself that the constable was at his pos

oing to prosecute you. We do hope, however, that, should you hear anything which is-well-really treasonable, you will let us know. Treason, I am sure, is as dreadful to you as it is to

o looked at them doubtfully. With the beer h

ffered because you haven't got a sixpence. Haven't I told you you are not required to give up a single principle? Have I asked you to denounce a single

s were open, to cast aside the one for which there were the fewer and less conclusive reasons, and to take the proper path, as if no other were before him. A sane, strong person is not the prey of reasons: a person like Mr. Secretary can never free himself from them, and after he has arrived at some kind of determination is still uncertain and harks back. With the roar of the flames of the Cities of the Plain in his ears, he stops, and is half afr

sir, and I don't

Every man has a right to

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bribe me, I'd rot before I h

ything more, for the guineas were disappearing and finall

ioner held

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gentleman d

rprise, went downstairs, and Mr. Se

memorandum book, which he put under the pistol. The drawer had two locks, and he carefu