plea quotes

Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bid'st me come toThee, O Lamb of God, I come!

- Charlotte Elliott
  Invalid's Hymn Book,'Just  As I  Am'.

This will be the issue of that darling Plea, of being one and not two; it will be turned upon the Scots with a Vengeance; and their 45 Scots Members may dance round to all Eternity, in thisTrap of their own making.

- Andrew Fletcher (of Saltoun)
  State of the Controversy betwixt United and Separate Parliaments, a critique of the proposed Union.