ON THE VIOLENT DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF PEERS, UPON THE BILL FOR SUSPENDING THE HABEAS CORPUS, &c. Mary Alcock (née Cumberland) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T86344 Alcock [née Cumberland], Mary, 1741?–1798. Poems, &c. &c. by the Late Mrs. Mary Alcock [poems only]. London Printed for C. Dilly, Poultry 1799 p. 118. vii,[25],183,[1]p.

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ON THE VIOLENT DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF PEERS , UPON THE BILL FOR SUSPENDING THE HABEAS CORPUS , &c. My noble Lords , your altercation Can never tend to serve the nation , You can't but know its laws ; Why then , right noble Peers , this pother , As if each culprit were your brother , That thus you plead their cause ? Prythee , my Lords , be quiet then , Strive to acquit yourselves like men , Who hold a sacred trust ; Your Church , your King , your Country calls For unity within your walls , For measures firm and just .