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, Band 3 |
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... conducted the prosecution for the Crown , after hearing positive contradiction of the only witness in support of it , by several unexceptionable persons , he expressed himself as follows : " I know the characters of several of the ...
... conducted the prosecution for the Crown , after hearing positive contradiction of the only witness in support of it , by several unexceptionable persons , he expressed himself as follows : " I know the characters of several of the ...
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... a case could have been safely trusted . — The conduct of Mr. Law was highly to his honour , and a prognostic of his future character as a Judge . The Indictment having been opened by Mr. JAMES , Mr. 2 SUBJECT OF THE TRIAL , & c .
... a case could have been safely trusted . — The conduct of Mr. Law was highly to his honour , and a prognostic of his future character as a Judge . The Indictment having been opened by Mr. JAMES , Mr. 2 SUBJECT OF THE TRIAL , & c .
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... conduct have more than once been publicly and gratefully ac- knowledged by the community of which he is a mem ber , as the friend of their commerce and liberties , C 2 and the protector of the most essential privileges which Englishmen ...
... conduct have more than once been publicly and gratefully ac- knowledged by the community of which he is a mem ber , as the friend of their commerce and liberties , C 2 and the protector of the most essential privileges which Englishmen ...
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... conduct of my Clients to stand fairly before you , and not to rest merely upon positive swearing destructive of opposite testimony ; and as I wish the evidence I mean to bring before you , and the falsehood of that which it opposes , to ...
... conduct of my Clients to stand fairly before you , and not to rest merely upon positive swearing destructive of opposite testimony ; and as I wish the evidence I mean to bring before you , and the falsehood of that which it opposes , to ...
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... conduct . You all live at a distance from the metropolis , and were probably , therefore , fortunate enough neither to be within or near it in 1780 , when , from beginnings smaller than those which exhibited themselves at Birmingham ...
... conduct . You all live at a distance from the metropolis , and were probably , therefore , fortunate enough neither to be within or near it in 1780 , when , from beginnings smaller than those which exhibited themselves at Birmingham ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.