At the opening of the session on 31 Oct. 1776, Shelburne denounced the king's speech as 'a piece of metaphysical refinement,' and the defence set up for it as:

Nothing more than a string of sophisms, no less wretched in their texture than insolent in their tenor.


in the House of Lords, 31 October 1776

Lord Shelburne Quotes

Nothing more than a string of sophisms, no less wretched in their texture than insolent in their tenor.

Nothing more than a string of sophisms, no less wretched in their texture than insolent in their tenor.

Nothing more than a string of sophisms, no less wretched in their texture than insolent in their tenor.

Nothing more than a string of sophisms, no less wretched in their texture than insolent in their tenor.