The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when at the Bar : on Subjects Connected with the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons, Volume 3J. Ridgway, 1813 |
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... appear in another point of view : -he will endeavour to conceal and soften much of that malignity which I impute , and I think justly , to the intentions and actings of these Defendants , It was about the close of the year 1792 , that ...
... appear in another point of view : -he will endeavour to conceal and soften much of that malignity which I impute , and I think justly , to the intentions and actings of these Defendants , It was about the close of the year 1792 , that ...
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... appear to the councils of France ( apt enough to exaggerate advantages ) , that the Judge representing the Government in the northern district of this kingdom should be sitting here in judgment in the presence of all the gentle- men ...
... appear to the councils of France ( apt enough to exaggerate advantages ) , that the Judge representing the Government in the northern district of this kingdom should be sitting here in judgment in the presence of all the gentle- men ...
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... appears to have been apprehensive for the credit and consistency of his own ; since he has told you that we have drawn this man into a lure not uncommon for the purpose entrapping witnesses into a contradiction of testi- mony ; that we ...
... appears to have been apprehensive for the credit and consistency of his own ; since he has told you that we have drawn this man into a lure not uncommon for the purpose entrapping witnesses into a contradiction of testi- mony ; that we ...
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... appears upon the cross - examina- tion of the witness ) , probably directed by the ma- gistrates , thought fit to shut up their houses opened by immemorial law to all the King's subjects , and to refuse admission to all the gentlemen ...
... appears upon the cross - examina- tion of the witness ) , probably directed by the ma- gistrates , thought fit to shut up their houses opened by immemorial law to all the King's subjects , and to refuse admission to all the gentlemen ...
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... appears to have been done in other places which might have been exposed by this man's inform- ation . The whole kingdom is under the eye and dominion of magistracy , awakened at that time to an extraordinary vigilance ; yet has any one ...
... appears to have been done in other places which might have been exposed by this man's inform- ation . The whole kingdom is under the eye and dominion of magistracy , awakened at that time to an extraordinary vigilance ; yet has any one ...
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Página 493 - England worship freedom, they will turn their faces toward you. The more they multiply, the more friends you will have ; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you.
Página 493 - ... 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 81 - Queen, or of their eldest son and heir; or if a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir; or if a man do levy war against our lord the King in his realm...
Página 494 - It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.
Página 399 - Whatever alterations time and the necessary accommodation of business may have introduced, this character can never be sustained, unless the House of Commons shall be made to bear some stamp of the. actual disposition of the people at large.
Página 56 - 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 415 - Whatsoever cannot but be acknowledged to be of advantage to the society and people in general, upon just and lasting measures, will always, when done, justify itself; and whenever the people shall choose their representatives upon just and undeniably equal measures, suitable to the original frame of the government, it cannot be doubted to be the will and act of the society, whoever permitted or caused them so to do.
Página 80 - ... 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 402 - 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 413 - 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...