The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on subjects connected with the liberty of the press, and against constructive treasons collected by J. Ridgway, Volume 3 |
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Página 59
... depose our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government of this kingdom , and to bring and put our said Lord the King to death , on the first day of March , in the thirty - third year of the reign of our ...
... depose our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government of this kingdom , and to bring and put our said Lord the King to death , on the first day of March , in the thirty - third year of the reign of our ...
Página 60
... depose and cause to be deposed our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government thereof . And further to fulfil , per- fect , and to bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable ...
... depose and cause to be deposed our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government thereof . And further to fulfil , per- fect , and to bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable ...
Página 63
... depose , and aid and assist in deposing , our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government of this kingdom . And further to fulfil , perfect , and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and ...
... depose , and aid and assist in deposing , our said Lord the King from the royal state , title , power , and government of this kingdom . And further to fulfil , perfect , and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and ...
Página 74
... depose him from that royal state , title , power , and government , which the Indictment men- tions , and to subvert and alter the rule and govern- ment now established in these kingdoms . He ought not so to govern - I say he cannot so ...
... depose him from that royal state , title , power , and government , which the Indictment men- tions , and to subvert and alter the rule and govern- ment now established in these kingdoms . He ought not so to govern - I say he cannot so ...
Página 75
... be considered as necessarily co - exist - ́ ing with an intention to subvert the rule and govern- ment established in the country : it is a purpose to destroy and to depose him , in whom the supreme THE TRIAL OF THOMAS HARDY . 75.
... be considered as necessarily co - exist - ́ ing with an intention to subvert the rule and govern- ment established in the country : it is a purpose to destroy and to depose him , in whom the supreme THE TRIAL OF THOMAS HARDY . 75.
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 497 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Página 139 - A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal, but a real existence ; and wherever it cannot be produced in a visible form, there is none.
Página 498 - Do you imagine then that it is the Land Tax Act which raises your revenue, that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No! surely no! It is the love of the people, it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Página 418 - ... restored the old and true one, and to have rectified the disorders which succession of time had insensibly as well as inevitably introduced; for it being the interest as well as intention of the people to have a fair and equal representative, whoever brings it nearest to that is an undoubted friend to, and establisher of the Government, and cannot miss the consent and approbation of the community...
Página 417 - To what gross absurdities the following of custom when reason has left it may lead, we may be satisfied when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a...
Página 58 - King, not having the fear of God in their hearts, nor weighing the duty of their allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, as false traitors against our said! Lord the King...
Página 406 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Página 497 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom they will turn their faces towards you.
Página 82 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, or of our lady the queen, or of their eldest son and heir...
Página 151 - Hereditary succession is a burlesque upon monarchy. It puts it in the most ridiculous light, by presenting it as an office, which any child or idiot may fill. It requires some talents to be a common mechanic; but to be a king, requires only the animal figure of a man — a sort of breathing automaton.