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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... opinions which Mr. Walker and the other Defendants may entertain concerning the principles of this government , or the ... opinion , or overawing the legal freedom of English sentiment by the terrors of criminal prosecution : he openly ...
... opinions which Mr. Walker and the other Defendants may entertain concerning the principles of this government , or the ... opinion , or overawing the legal freedom of English sentiment by the terrors of criminal prosecution : he openly ...
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... opinion , every body , I believe , will admit that he is an acute intelligent man , with an extensive knowledge of the world , and not at all likely to have conducted himself like an idiot . What follows next ? -another night he went ...
... opinion , every body , I believe , will admit that he is an acute intelligent man , with an extensive knowledge of the world , and not at all likely to have conducted himself like an idiot . What follows next ? -another night he went ...
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... opinion con- cerning it , the trial by Jury must ever be dear to Englishmen . - The verdict of acquittal , instead of giving encouragement to whatever spirit of sedition might have existed at that period , produced an uni- versal spirit ...
... opinion con- cerning it , the trial by Jury must ever be dear to Englishmen . - The verdict of acquittal , instead of giving encouragement to whatever spirit of sedition might have existed at that period , produced an uni- versal spirit ...
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... opinion , that a con- spiracy to compel the King , by force , against his will , to give his assent to an act obtained from the Houses of Parliament in order to alter the government and frame of the constitution of the country , whether ...
... opinion , that a con- spiracy to compel the King , by force , against his will , to give his assent to an act obtained from the Houses of Parliament in order to alter the government and frame of the constitution of the country , whether ...
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... opinion of these fraternizing so- cieties should have the force of the will of a majority of the nation , though they constituted a vast and in- finite minority indeed . You will find , in the evi- dence to be laid before you , that it ...
... opinion of these fraternizing so- cieties should have the force of the will of a majority of the nation , though they constituted a vast and in- finite minority indeed . You will find , in the evi- dence to be laid before you , that it ...
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affiliated arms assembled authority Britain called cause charge ciety compassing the King's consider conspiracy conspire Constitutional Information Constitutional Society Court crime Crown declaration Defendants delegates depose the King duty effect England Erskine evidence execution existence express fact France Gentlemen give Hardy high treason honour House of Commons Indictment intention John Freind Judges Jury King's death kingdom learned friend Legislature letter levy liberty London Corresponding Society Lord Chief Justice Lord Coke Lord Hale Lord the King means meant meeting ment mind monarchy nation nature neral never Norwich object offence overt act Paine Parlia Parliament persons present principles Prisoner proceedings prove reform representation resolutions Scotland sent sentiments Sheffield Society for Constitutional sovereign statute subvert thing Thomas Hardy Thomas Paine tion traitorous purpose trial universal suffrage vention vernment Walker whole witness words
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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...